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

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Common names
  • Variegated American Agave
  • Century Plant
  • Maguey

Photo Gallery
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-01-13
Agave snout weevil casualty
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2014-06-27
3 image composite. Century plant sending up a giant bloom spike t
Location: Lowe's Scottsdale Arizona
Date: 2016-02-10
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Lowe's Scottsdale Arizona
Date: 2016-02-11
Location: Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland
Date: 2017-02-01
Location: Alcaudete - Spain
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-15
Seedling from an 80 year old specimen that bloomed in 2014.  As n
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-15
All that remains of the large American agave which bloomed in 201
Location: Botanic Garden La Concepcion Malaga
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: Botanic Garden La Concepcion Malaga
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-09-07

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