General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Spread: 15 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Reddish filaments and yellow anthers
Flower Time: Spring
Inflorescence Height: 3 feet
Foliage Mound Height: 4 inches
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Manfreda
  • Century Plant
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Agave undulata
  • Synonym: Manfreda undulata

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Location: Leu Gardens Orlando, FL zone 9b
Date: 2024-04-22
Agave undulata 'Chocolate Chips' Bloom
Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2016-03-07
M. undulata 'Chocolate Chips' with the start of a flower spike.
Uploaded by gasrocks
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-07-13
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-17
''Chocolate Chips''
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2013-09-03
A rooting offset
Plant Events from our members
carpathiangirl On September 24, 2020 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
carpathiangirl On June 13, 2019 Obtained plant
very small start
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