General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 6 feet
Plant Spread: 8-12 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow in shallow pots with a well draining, sterile mix; 50/50 organic/inorganic of coarse perlite, pumice; sphagnum peat or good compost. Avoid manures. Irrigate from below by submerging in water to 1/2 height of pot. Provide bright, indirect light.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Century Plant
  • Maguey
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Agave americana subsp. americana
  • Synonym: Agave americana var. striata
  • Synonym: Agave americana var. marginata

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Location: North Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2021-08-19
My neighbor's Agave Americana in Tucson
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-09-30
Location: Ile de Porquerolles, France
Date: 2017-09-15
Location: Summerwinds Nursery Scottsdale Arizona
Date: 2016-01-06
Location: Summerwinds Nursery Scottsdale Arizona
Date: 2016-01-06
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2024-04-04
Emerging inflorescence on a flowering and dying Amercan Agave
Location: N. Fl.
Date: 2017-04-13
Location: 1339 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85719
Date: 2018-02-17
Agave Americana at the Campus Arboretum within the University of
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: 2018-06-02
A new American Agave offset in my backyard
Location: Golden Gate Park
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2012-02-17
Coloration of leaves and shape of thorns
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: February
Growing for three years in a large pot
Location: MOBOT, St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: February
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