Gardening Unplugged - Growing Agaves in the Southeast with Tony Avent

In this information packed lecture Juniper Level Botanical Garden Director Tony Avent talks about the triumphs and fails of introducing Agave to the Southeast, history of the species, best growing conditions, and breeding work that has allowed us to introduce several new hybrids to the market. Thumbnail: Agave victoferox 'Nestuary.' 0:00 Introduction - Tony Avent 02:40 A brief history of agave cultivation 04:00 Pre-columbian hybrids 04:50 Tips for agave success 09:30 A tour of the agave berms 11:56 Agave ovatifolia and Agave victoriae-reginae (non off-setting agave) 12:20 How we propagate non-offsetting agave 13:36 Agave protoamericana 13:50 Agave ovatifolia 16:50 Agave pseudoferox blind shoots 17:36 An Agave ovatifolia grown from seed from 2017 18:40 Q&A Plant Delights Nursery is an award winning nursery in Raleigh, NC near Garner. We specialize in rare, and unusual perennials and we strive to carry a wide selection of exotic plants, cold hardy tropical plants, and native plants. Many of our best perennials are available nowhere else in the US as they represent rare plants collected by Plant Delights founder Tony Avent during his more than 60 plant hunting expeditions to places like China, Crete, Taiwan, South Africa and Argentina or distributed by some of the many specialty plant organizations of which Plant Delights is a member. www.plantdelights.com/ Juniper Level Botanic Garden was founded in 1986 by Tony Avent to promote and preserve botanic diversity by bridging the gap between botany and horticulture through plant study, identification, educational outreach, global plant exploration. JLBG is home to over 28,000 taxa spread over 28 acres of beautiful grounds. www.jlbg.org/ Follow us on Facebook for latest garden news, gardening tips, new plant announcements, and more! www.facebook.com/PlantDelightsNursery/ Subscribe to our channel to discover more plants and learn about gardening.    / @plantdelights