DES MOINES, Iowa — A plant at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is catching people’s attention before it’s gone forever. The Agave ovatifolia succulent has been in the garden for aroun ...
Predictably, they are becoming too large for the garden, so we plan to thin the “herd.” We also have been growing several seedlings of an agave relative called Shishi hemp (Furcraea parmentieri).