General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Leaves: Evergreen
Variegated
Other: With marginal threads
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Agave
  • Century Plant
Also sold as:
  • Queen of White Thread
  • Shiraito No Ohi

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Date: 2022-09-06
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2016-07-03
Queen of White Thread-leaf agave (Agave schidigera 'Shira ito no
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2015-05-24
Queen of White Thread-leaf Agave (Agave schidigera Shira ito no O
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2016-07-03
Queen of White Thread-leaf Agave (Agave schidigera Shira ito no O
Location: Bellevue, WA
Date: 2015-08-02
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2016-08-28
Queen of White Thread-leaf Agave (Agave schidigera Shira ito no O
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2015-05-24
Queen of White Thread-leaf Agave (Agave schidigera Shira ito no O
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