Agave 'kissho kan'

Sad!

This picture (from a few weeks ago) is one of my saddest losses due to last winter - my Agave 'kissho kan'. Here's what it looked like when planted:

Happier times

 Thankfully, when I bought it, it came with several pups - which I planted separately in the ground. With a little bit of frost protecting in the form of a thick sheet, two out of the three in-ground plants survived:

They are even bigger now. but not much

The third didn't get covered, and looked like it was dead.. but wait!

I don't think I've seen an Agave do this before?

So lesson learned - this one needs covering in our winters. And with covering, it seems to do fine. Now I just have to remember this come winter...