Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum topped in late summer and

topped in late summer and early fall with a tremendous floral show of very fragrant soft yellow flowers with a dramatically contrasting orange throat and stamens

each ending in a large chartreuse golden leaf

The blue foliage adds a lovely color to the garden

it prefers rather dry soils

smooth leaves that stand upward forming a vase-shaped 20" tall clump

Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum topped in late summer andBeschorneria septentrionalis, discovered in 1987, is a little known North American native agave relative, that hails from the scrubby mountainside shade in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Resembling a cross of an agave with a hosta, Beschorneria septentrionalis forms clumps of large evergreen, non spiny rosettes to 18" tall x 4' wide. After becoming well established, Beschorneria septentrionalis will produce 5' tall, glossy red flower spikes, adorned with lovely