Mangave 'Mission to Mars'
Tough Mangave with red-green leaves and speckles like Mars. Grows compactly in a pot. It prefers a warm, sunny spot and well-drained, dry soil. Ideal for a patio or veranda.
Use in the garden
- wildlife: for bees
- use: poisonous dried flower
botanical information
- Botanical name: Mangave 'Mission to Mars'
- Genus: Mangave
- Family: Asparagaceae
- origin: hybrid
Features
| height: | 20-30 cm |
| flowering: | July - August |
| color: | white, cream |
| leaf color: | red, green, purplish brown, reddish brown |
| habit: | rosette |
| growth: | medium |
| level: | easy |
| light: | full sun, sunny |
| moisture: | very dry, dry, average, winter dry |
| soil texture: | highly permeable, pervious, light |
| organic matter: | none to little, normal |
| pH: | neutral, limy |
| winter zone: | 10 [susceptible to frost], 9 [-5°C] |
| density: | 1 - 2 |
