x Mangave 'Bloodspot'

Also Known As

Manfreda x 'Bloodspot'
Mangave 'Blood Spot'
Mangave 'Bloodspot'
Blood Spot Mangave
Bloodspot Mangave

Plant type

shrub, cactus / succulent

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 12"-15"

planting zones

9a-10b

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x Mangave 'Bloodspot' plant details

x Mangave 'Bloodspot' is an evergreen cactus / succulent or shrub with blue, chocolate, green and variegated foliage. In fall and summer cream and yellow flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Grows well with sun and low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty, lean and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF x Mangave 'Bloodspot'

Plant type: cactus / succulent or shrub
Plant family: asparagaceae, liliaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue, chocolate, green and variegated
Mature size: 12 IN - 15 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: cream and yellow blooms in fall and summer
Uses: container plant, rosette-forming, spiky, spotted leaves

GROWING CONDITIONS for x Mangave 'Bloodspot'

USDA Zones: 9a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: low
Resistant to: heat and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, gritty, lean and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Mangave 'Bloodspot' is a compact Agave / Manfreda hybrid that forms a non-suckering rosette up to 12" tall and 15" wide. The gray-green leaves, 8" long and 1" wide, have a fine-toothed margin edged with maroon and are speckled with the same color. It is best grown in full sun to light shade in well-drained soil and should be irrigated occasionally. Hardy in most coastal California gardens, it can tolerate temperatures down to 22°F. This attractive plant is great for containers or planting in the garden and is believed to be an Agave x Manfreda hybrid. It may have originated in Japan and is sometimes listed as Agave hybrid 'Bloodspot' or 'Blood Spot'.

This plant has been grown in a 1ga pot. You will receive a very similar plant to the one in the picture. The plant is shipped "dry-root" (with no dirt).

By: Dry Oasis Plants

Mangave 'Bloodspot' is an intergeneric hybrid between Manfreda and Agave with characteristics intermediate between the two parent genera. From Agave comes stout, rigid leaves with small teeth along the leaf edges all held in a tight, symmetrical rosette. From Manfreda comes burgundy speckling and burgundy colouration of the leaf edges. Together these characteristics make one cute little succulent! Plant in sharp drainage or in a container protected from winter rain.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Sun. Outdoor. Unknown.

By: Moon - Sun Cactus & Koi Gardens

New and gorgeous, this hybrid between a unknown species of Agave and Manfreda has long, narrow, blue leaves liberally spotted in red with bright red teeth along the edges. Who wouldn’t want that? Rosettes are 1 ft tall x 14” wide and hardly ever offset. Sun and lean, well-drained soil. That much is known. Winter hardiness is not completely known yet, but hardy so far to 20 °F, USDA zone 9. Great for a container while experiments continue.