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Agave xleopoldii is an attractive garden hybrid and hence unknown in the wild. It was first described in 1893 by the renowned Victorian gardener William Watson at Kew, having been raised by Dr W.B. Kellock in his garden at Stamford Hill, London, in the 1880s. Flowering in 2022 is described in which a large specimen produced a spike 1.35m tall.
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... largest specimen of A. ×leopoldii (Fig. 2) has grown reasonably quickly to form a rosette about 55cm in diameter. Over the years it has produced a few offsets which have been removed to maintain the symmetry of a single rosette, providing propagating material so the plant is easily maintained in cultivation. ...
