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Agave |
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Century Plant |
Plant Habit: | Cactus/Succulent |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F) |
Plant Height: | 4-6 feet |
Plant Spread: | 8-10 feet |
Leaves: | Evergreen |
Fruit: | Dehiscent |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Yellow |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Will Naturalize |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Drought tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light 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 Division Offsets |
Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bats |
Containers: | Needs excellent drainage in pots |
Miscellaneous: | With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth Monocarpic |
Awards and Recognitions: | RHS AGM |
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Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Jun 19, 2019 2:43 PM Very common and weedy domesticated agave. May reach up to 12 feet wide at maturity, somewhat smaller if grown hard and dry. By far the most common large agave in cultivation. Blue, green, and multiple variegated varieties exist, with a range of forms, suckering incessantly by rhizomes which usually emerge relatively close to the mother plant. Remove offsets regularly to avoid the development of a dangerously spiny, impenetrable thicket. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by sheryl (Hot, hot, hot, Feenix, AZ - Zone 9b) on Nov 6, 2013 9:50 PM This is one of the most widely planted Agave species in the Southwest of the United States There are at least three different cultivars; A. americana 'Marginata', A. americana var. medio-picta, and A. americana var. striata - all three having various stripes of different colors (green, yellow and creamy white) than the glaucous blue of the species. [ Reply to this comment | |
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