Agave weberi Purple Heart Ecuador Hosta 'Paradigm' is a sport

Hosta 'Paradigm' is a sport of Hosta 'Abiqua Recluse' (Hosta 'White Vision' x Hosta 'Sum and Substance')

mostly-evergreen

is truly one of the most distinctive and spectacular

The 3' tall slender stalk is topped with a large horseshoe-shaped leaf composed of up to 23 leaflets

This non-descript

Agave weberi Purple Heart Ecuador Hosta 'Paradigm' is a sportOn a 2008 visit to Arizona's Mountain States Nursery, we found this oddball among the trays of Agave weberi seedlings. After trialing it for several years, we gave it the name Agave weberi 'Purple Heart'. For us, Agave weberi 'Purple Heart' forms a large 4' tall x 6' wide specimen with wide blue leaves, each highlighted by a 1" wide purple central stripe. This is the only agave we've ever seen with such a unique leaf pattern. Agave weberi itself is