In late 2023 I was given a few mangave pups by a visiting friend, who had separated them from his plants. They overwintered in the basement and I planted them out in spring of 2024. Can you see the two mangaves in this photo? No? Only see one?
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Here they are with arrows...
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This one (on the left in the above photo) was repeatedly chomped on by visiting rabbits.
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This one, Mangave 'Lavender Lady' (on the right), was never touched.
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They were just a couple of feet away from each other, yet one was allowed to grow and look gorgeous, the other was snacked on all summer long. The only difference that I can see is that 'Lavender Lady' was mostly surrounded by Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific', and maybe that made it uncomfortable for the rabbits to cozy up to? Interesting. I will remember this in for the future. Since 'Lavender Lady' has Agave attenuata parentage it's not at all hardy and I've lifted it for the winter. I left the other one in the ground for the rabbit jerks.
Truth be told, there's now another mangave in the mix, since I brought this M. 'Bloodspot' home from a plant swap. Nobody else wanted it and I couldn't let the poor thing go homeless.
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