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Here in Southern California there are many, many (too many) green lawns that require a very high volume of water.  It's nice to see that there are some homeowners out there changing their yard landscapes to include drought tolerant plants.  I snapped this photo early this morning of a California Native, Agave Shawii.  The Agave Shawii is found only on the coast of Southern California and Baja California.  This particular plant is located a little further inland and could have possibly come from a local nursery.  I've noticed that our nurseries have a wide variety of Native California Flora in stock and with water prices rising, I am sure that they will continue to sell more and more.

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Maggie McFarland
RE/MAX Pearland - Maggie McFarland - Pearland, TX
Pearland Realtor, Homes for Sale in Pearland Texas

Pretty Plant! Do they ever bloom flowers?

Apr 12, 2011 09:15 AM
Steve Hall
RE/MAX United - San Marcos, CA
Make the Call to Hankins and Hall

They do bloom but then the rosette that produced the bloom dies.  You can see in the photo that there are a few suckers sprouting below the main plant, which will continue the cycle.

Apr 12, 2011 09:29 AM
Ted Tyrrell
RE/MAXCamosun (Chatterton) - Victoria, BC
Selling Homes in Beautiful Victoria

Steve, I took a picture on a very large one of these in the hills of Malibu last January (close to Mel Gibson's house). I'm going to use the photo as a stepping off point to create a watercolor painting.

Apr 12, 2011 01:38 PM
Steve Scheer
Realty Oasis - Metro Brokers - Highlands Ranch, CO
Highlands Ranch Real Estate - Denver Real Estate

We try to plany drought resistant plants here in Denver as well, but its tricky as even though we are dry, we can't have complete cactus plants.  There are lots to choose from though.

Apr 12, 2011 03:08 PM
Kay Van Kampen
RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO
Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate

I've never seen a Agave Shawii.  Living in the country, we don't water our yards in the summer.  I wonder if we have too much water for this plant.

Apr 12, 2011 04:11 PM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

A well designed desert landscape or xeriscape can bring a lot of color and variety to an area while using far less water than grass. You could do a whole series on plants like this!

Apr 12, 2011 04:30 PM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Looks great. Very interesting shapes...

Apr 17, 2011 06:52 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Hi Steve!

We had to cut back our lawn a few years ago because our water bill got so high.  We put in some low water plants in place of our lawn and the city came out to look it over and sent us a nice check for the replacement.  I was very pleasantly surprised!  I'm glad to hear that more area's of California are doing this!

Apr 25, 2011 04:12 PM
Steve Hall
RE/MAX United - San Marcos, CA
Make the Call to Hankins and Hall

Russel- I have several excellent plants from Tropic World. 

Jun 06, 2011 07:00 AM
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