Agave Celsii Nova *Ship bareroot.. *We Only ship Priority so your Succulents plant will take between 2 to 3 days to arrive, we are not responsible for any USPS delays. * We try to ship our succulent plants as soon as we get the order is customer responsibility to be aware of the plant arrival also customers will get a notification by email. If the customer wants to delay or change the day of the shipment please contact us as soon as possible. *We take great care in the packaging of your plants, but unfortunately the same cannot always be said in how they are handled once they leave us .*Is the customer responsibility to purchase a (Heat pack) if the Succulent plant is ship to a cold area, we usually recommended it if the whether is 35* or lower, If you are purchasing a large succulent plant please make sure you buy enough heat pack to cover the plant (1 heat pack every 12") We are not responsible for damages to the Succulent plant if is NOT enough coverage of the heat pack, and if is delay by USPS, the heat only will keep the box warm for 72 hours. Agave Celsii "Nova" Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) Origin: Mexico (North America) Evergreen: Yes Bloomtime: Infrequent Height: 1-2 feet Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Full Sun Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 25-30 F Agave celsii 'Nova' - A beautiful solitary rosette forming succulent to 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide with broad blue-gray leaves that are broadest toward the middle and have faint longitudinal lines and reddish-brown regularly-spaced small spines along the margins. This fast growing plant blooms at a relatively young age, producing an erect spike to 6 feet tall with short peduncles, each bearing multiple pale yellow flowers. Plant in full sun in well-drained soil. It withstood the frosts of January 2007 in a garden in a cold location of Santa Barbara where temperatures dropped to around 22 F and this plant was not damaged. We purchased our original stock of this plant from Rancho Soledad Nursery in January 2005 and were told that it was from seed collected by that nursery's breeder and agave expert, Kelly Griffin. We used the name we purchased this plant as, but the structure of the flowers indicates that this plant is likely a hybrid and not a form of Agave celsii. Because of its tendency to bloom at such an early age we discontinued production of this plant in 2011. Information displayed on this page about Agave celsii 'Nova' is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.