Originally thought to be an Agave titonata cultivar.
Broad leaves with a wide cream-white stripe down the center on some of the leaves. Large brown marginal spines.
Originally thought to be an Agave titonata cultivar.
Broad leaves with a wide cream-white stripe down the center on some of the leaves. Large brown marginal spines.
Large, regular agave gets 4 ft. across, with wide blue leaves and small marginal teeth.
Dense, clumping rosettes to 24″; Best in full sun.
Dense, clumping rosettes to 24″; Best in full sun.
A selected clone of the hardy Parry’s Agave with a particularly beautiful form of wide, bluish grey leaves and greater tolerance of wet winters.
A. “Cream Spike”
A. minima “Variegata”
A. patonii “Variegata”
A. parryi v. patonii “Variegata”
Small, thick-leaved hardy rosettes, yellow-striped, slow-growing
Broad blue-green leaves with stunning creamy white variegation throughout.
3ft. Blue Agave, compact and low, spreads rhizomously
Rosette to 30″, thick marginal spines, upright form.
Forms large clusters of tight 3ft. rosettes, broadleafed w/thick marginal spines. Red spines on young leaves turn black with age.
A. patonii
A. parryi v. patonii
Very small, thick-leaved bluish rosettes, will form tight clumps.
Variegated leaves with marginal hairs. 8″ rosettes.
Miniature century plant to 12″ with pronounced spines, scooped leaf shape.
Small rosettes with cream colored margins and dark spines.
Large, solitary rosettes to 3ft. across, open blue leaves. 20ft tall bloom spikes.
Wide toothy red-tipped leaves, to 3ft.
Small clusters of warty 8″ rosettes. Marginal spines and orange flowers.
Star-like leaves, sharply pointed and outward facing.
A. seemanniana ssp. pygmaea
Small wide-leafed agave with red terminal spines. Grows on limestone outcroppings. 12″ rosettes.
Broad green leaves with rows of toothy spines on the margins. The recurved leaf tips display terminal spines at a nearly horizontal angle. Great structural element in the garden.
Broad green leaves with edged with toothy spines. As the plant matures it has a bold yet elegant form with the leaf tips held horizontally above the rosette. A great structural element in a small garden.
Large recurved variegated leaves; rosettes can get 4 to 6ft tall. Dark green with strong yellow striping.
Agave asperrima
Structural Agave with thick grey-green roughly textured leaves that come to a long black point. Vertical rosette to 3’h. Will pup over time. Deer Resistant.
Very sharp pointy leaves, rosettes to 3ft.
Clumping agave with long narrow leaves to 2ft Used for erosion control.
Clumps of colorful dark green 2-3ft. rosettes. Inflorescence 10 to 15 feet tall. Native to Point Loma coast near San Diego.
6ft. upright vase-shaped rosettes w/striking striped leaves. Fibrous leaves harvested for sisal, used for rope, rugs and similar.
Generally solitary w/long thin narrow leaves; to 2ft.
Dwarf species, dense light-green leaves with vigorous red-spined tips. Grows in a very regular rounded form. Will be more blue in lower light. 8-12″.
Thick stem with long narrow spiny leaves forms a dense green spherical rosette to 3ft with dark brown tips. Forms a beautiful colony over time.