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

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Common names
  • Agave
  • Century Plant
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Agave mitis
  • Synonym: Agave celsii
Also sold as:
  • Variegata
  • Marginata
  • Tricolor
  • Agave mitis var. mitis 'Multicolor'

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Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2021-08-11
A group planting with Aloe ciliaris
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2021-08-11
Getting ready to bloom
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2022-04-25
With Euphorbia tirucalii ‘Sticks on Fire’
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2023-05-12
A group planting starting to bloom
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2021-03-15
With Euphorbia tirucalii  ‘Sticks on Fire’
Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2020-06-05
A bunch of bulbils growing in the nursery.
Location: Riverton, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-10-29
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2023-03-21
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2020-06-09
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-13
Location: Emerson, AR
Date: 2020-04-17
Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Mar 13, 2019 8:08 PM concerning plant:
    This named cultivar, a marginal variegated form of Agave mitis, is distinct from the species Agave multicolor, a member of the Polianthes group.

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