Spineless Century Plant, Soft Tip Agave – Agave attenuata

$45.00 – $295.00

Pot Size	Average Planted Height (From soil to the top of the plant)
3 gallon/10″	0 – 1 ft.
7 gallon/14″	1 – 2 ft.
15 gallon/17″	2 – 2.5 ft.

SKU: N/A Categories: Cuttings, Exotic, Full Sun, High, Loam, Low, Low, Moderate, Moderate, Offshoot, Part Sun, Sand, Slow, Specimen Plant, Spike, Succulent, Well-Drained Tags: Cream, Green, White, Yellow

General Landscape Uses: Specimen plant

Ecological Restoration Notes: Not used.

Description: A clump-forming succulent with a thick, woody trunk that can become visible as the plant ages. The leaves are broad, pliable, and a beautiful glaucous (silvery-green to yellowish-green) color. Unlike most agaves, the leaves have no teeth and no terminal spine.

Dimensions: Height 3 – 4 ft.; Spread 3 – 4 ft.

Growth Rate: Slow to moderate

Native Range: Central Mexico

Native Habitats: Rocky cliffs in pine-oak forests at high elevations

Soils: Well-drained, sand, loam

Nutritional Requirements: Low

Salt Water Tolerance: Low

Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate

Drought Tolerance: High

Light Requirements: Full to part sun

Flower Color: Greenish-yellow to creamy white.

Flower Characteristics: A massive, terminal spike that grows 5–10 feet long. It arches gracefully back toward the ground, resembling a foxtail or a swan’s neck.

Flowering Season: It is monocarpic, meaning the individual rosette blooms once after 10–20 years and then dies.

Fruit: Produces seed capsules, but more commonly produces hundreds of small bulbils (miniature plants) along the flower stalk.

Wildlife and Ecology: The flowers are a significant nectar source for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by offshoot, cuttings

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