{"id":3008,"date":"2010-04-21T11:07:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T15:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2011-03-14T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:06:15","slug":"agave-kissho-kan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=3008","title":{"rendered":"Agave ‘Kissho Kan’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dwarf Variegated Butterfly Agave. Slow-growing to only a foot. Translation “Happy crown” or “Lucky crown”
\nOn the West Coast, these formerly pricy, collectible agaves are really dropping in price. If I see one in a 4-inch pot, I swoop.<\/p>\n

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I might have taken a moment to brush it off after potting it but seemed to have been overwhelmed with its beauty in the green pot and just grabbed a camera. <\/p>\n

“Forgive our dust.”<\/p>\n

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For reasons I don’t understand, many slightly different variegated striations are named ‘Kissho Kan.’ A Japanese selection. Either a selection of A. potatorum or parryi. <\/p>\n

My Agave potatorum bloomed this summer and is no more, so this little guy takes the sting out of that monocarpic loss.<\/p>\n

San Marco Growers<\/a> is sticking with ‘Kichiokan Marginata.’<\/p>\n

Whatever its name, I feel extremely kissho with this agave.<\/p>\n

Zone 10-11 but at this size would seem to be easy to overwinter.<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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