General Landscape Uses: Accent and specimen plant
Ecological Restoration Notes: Not recommended
Description: A medium-sized agave forming a dense, globose rosette. The leaves are straight, narrow, and stiff, typically a pale glaucous green to grey-blue. The leaf margins are lined with small, sharp teeth, and each leaf ends in a dark, formidable terminal spine.
Dimensions: Height 3 – 4 ft.; Spread 3 – 4 ft.
Growth Rate: Slow
Native Range: Mexico
Native Habitats: Dry, rocky slopes and deciduous tropical forests in semi-arid regions.
Soils: Well-drained, rock, sand
Nutritional Requirements: Low
Salt Water Tolerance: Low
Salt Wind Tolerance: High
Drought Tolerance: High
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Color: Greenish-yellow
Flower Characteristics: A tall, branched inflorescence (pole) that can reach 10–15 feet in height. Like most agaves, the mother plant is monocarpic and will die after the flowering event.
Flowering Season: Occurs once at maturity (usually 10+ years).
Fruit: Woody capsules containing flat black seeds, though it also frequently produces bulbils on the flower stalk.
Wildlife and Ecology: The tall flower spikes provide a high-energy nectar source for bats, bees, and hummingbirds.
Horticultural Notes: Propagated by offshoots
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