Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Sumatra Indonesia Agave lophantha 'La Bufa Baby'

Agave lophantha 'La Bufa Baby' is a John Fairey Garden introduction of a plant originally collected by Peckerwood/Yucca Do in the Sierra Chiquita Mountains of Tamaulipas

but this is a giant version from Belarus plantsman Alexander Zukeivich

This Kent Terpening hybrid makes a splendid 18" tall x 30" wide clump of heavily rippled green leaves

although they also perform well in woodland garden conditions on slightly acidic soils

'Breeders Choice' F2 x H

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Sumatra Indonesia Agave lophantha 'La Bufa Baby'(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a