Friday, 24 April 2009

Agave franzosini


Agave franzosini Nissen

Vallone near Bordighera (Ludwig Winter's garden)

Die Agaven
Beiträge zu einer Monographie
Alwin Berger 1915

Agave ingens



Growing at Vallone, near Bordighera (Ludwig Winter's Garden)

Agave americana



At La Mortola, Hanbury Gardens


Die Agaven
Beiträge zu einer Monographie
Alwin Berger 1915

Agave atrovirens


Agave atrovirens Karw. In the background Agave Franzosini Nissen

Agave cochlearis


Madonna della Ruota, Ludwig Winter's Garden near Bordighera
In a garden at Nice (look at the children to get an idea of size).

Die Agaven
Beiträge zu einer Monographie
Alwin Berger 1915

Agave salmiana


Growing at Ludwig Winter's garden, Giardino Vallone, near Bordighera

Agave schidigera



Die Agaven
Beiträge zu einer Monographie
Alwin Berger
1915

Notes from Hortus Mortolensis (1912)

Though closely related to Agave filifera, this is without doubt specifically distinct. It never produces offsets, but always dies after flowering.