Unpack with gloves on!

You know it's going to be good when you open a mystery package and see this...

Agaves!

After unpacking and sorting here are my riches. Clockwise from top: 3 x A. scabra, 7 x A. salmiana var. ferox, and 2 x A. colorata.

How lucky am I? And who sent me this Agave care package?

Here's a hint for those of you who garden in Portland, and shop Garden Fever. It's Richard, contemplating a ginormous (beautiful) Agave salmiana var. ferox. And check out that Opuntia in the background...

photo credit: Lori Vollmer

Richard and his wife Lori own Garden Fever nursery, in addition to their home in the PNW they also have a home (and garden) in Arizona. They "de-pupped" several of their agaves and shared the wealth. Yippee!

Here's the mama plant to my pair of A. colorata, good genes no?

photo credit: Lori Vollmer

Look at those teeth!

I'm in love. Thank you Lori and Richard!!! Now what will I do with them all...

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