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Mangave Mission to Mars
Mangave Mission to Mars
Mangave Mission to Mars
Mangave Mission to Mars
Mangave Mission to Mars
Mangave Mission to Mars
Mangave Mission to Mars
Beautiful young plant already transplanted.
Sandrine, 20/10/2021
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Mangave Mission To Mars is a remarkable and colourful succulent plant that is part of a series of hybrids resulting from the cross-breeding between Manfreda and Agaves. From the agaves, they display a remarkably architectural evergreen vegetation as well as a very perennial temperament, while they have their unique colours, less sharp spines and faster growth from the Manfreda. This Mission To Mars variety, low and very wide, offers an intensely spotted brown foliage on a green background, turning purple-red in the sun. Drought-resistant but not very hardy, it makes a beautiful subject to cultivate in a pot on the terrace. In seaside gardens or mild climates, it will thrive in a rockery.
Mangave Mission To Mars belongs to the Agavaceae family, now included by botanists in the much larger Asparagaceae family. This plant develops quite rapidly into a rosette of 25 cm (10in) in height and 70 cm (28in) in width, composed of numerous succulent leaves. The long leaves are wide, gutter-shaped, tapered to a point, beautifully curved, and bordered by small, non-prickly cinnamon-coloured spines. Their thick, shiny leaves are almost entirely coloured purple on young leaves, gradually turning bronze green on older ones. Flowers will appear in favourable climates on mature plants, from August to October. From the centre of the rosette emerges a branched flower stalk bearing small white star-shaped flowers. Mangaves are plants for dry, well-drained soil, capable of withstanding brief frosts of around -5 to -7°C (23 to 19.4°F), depending on the variety. They should be placed in full sun or, at most, partial shade in hot climates. The plant is evergreen.
To create exotic scenes in mild climates, Mangave Mission To Mars can be planted in a rockery, alongside other small agaves such as Agave montana, other differently coloured Mangaves, small agapanthus, or grasses like Carex comans Milk Chocolate or Stipa tenuifolia. Collectors of cacti and other succulent plants can highlight it on the patio or balcony by surrounding it with pots filled with sempervivum.
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Plant Mangave Mission To Mars preferably in full sun, or in partial shade. Plant it in a very well-draining soil, even poor, rocky or sandy: it does not tolerate winter humidity and cold temperatures, but performs a little better in dry cold if not too severe and if planted in a dry soil. It is therefore strongly recommended to grow this plant in a pot in humid and cold regions in winter. It adapts perfectly to dry soils, even arid soils in summer. It can be planted in a rockery or on a rocky slope in seaside gardens or mild climates, where frost does not drop below -6°C (21.2°F) at its lowest point.
Since the plant has a modest growth rate, it can easily be cultivated in a pot (preferably terracotta) on the patio or balcony, in a light substrate such as cactus soil, with good drainage. Water regularly in summer, but let the substrate dry between waterings. It will then be easy to store the pot away from hard frosts and humidity, in a bright, well-ventilated, minimally heated room. Reduce or even stop watering in winter. The plant can spend the summer season, from April to October, outdoors.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
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The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.