Medium-sized agave to 36″ with vigorous teeth, occasional offsets
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Agave macroacantha
Medium agave, 2 to 3 feet across. Narrow leaves with vigorous terminal spines, turn black with age. Will form dense clumps.
Agave marmorata
Generally solitary medium sized agave with upright rosettes, grey leaves with short marginal teeth. Used to make Pulque, a thick alcoholic drink.
Agave medio-picta “Alba”
White striped agave to 5ft, with strongly out-curving leaves
Agave montana
3-4ft rosettes, high altitude agave. Prolific marginal teeth when mature. Red terminal spines.
Agave multifilifera
A dense green agave with white striped and feathery threads along the edges. Full sun and little water.
Agave murpheyi “Engard”
2 to 3ft., upright, strongly variegated leaves. Heat and Sun-tolerant
Agave murpheyi “Rodney”
2 to 3ft., upright, variegated. Heat and Sun-tolerant
Agave neomexicana
Medium rosettes to 24″; thick slender concave leaves, bluish green; strong teeth
Agave nizandensis
Small, low growing, with narrow spidery arms stretching along the ground. Dark green with a narrow light green stripe in the middle. Less sun than most agaves. Frost-sensitive.
Agave ocahui
Native to Mexican hillsides, 18 to 24″, sharp terminal spines
Agave ovatifolia
Large, regular agave gets 4 ft. across, with wide blue leaves and small marginal teeth.
Agave parrasana
Dense, clumping rosettes to 24″; Best in full sun.
Agave parrasana “Big Bend”
Dense, clumping rosettes to 24″; Best in full sun.
Agave parryi “J.C. Raulston”
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.
Agave parryi minima “Variegata”
A. “Cream Spike”
A. minima “Variegata”
A. patonii “Variegata”
A. parryi v. patonii “Variegata”
Small, thick-leaved hardy rosettes, yellow-striped, slow-growing
Agave parryi truncata “Variegata”
Broad blue-green leaves with stunning creamy white variegation throughout.
Agave parryi v. huachucensis
3ft. Blue Agave, compact and low, spreads rhizomously
Agave parryi v. parryi
Rosette to 30″, thick marginal spines, upright form.
Agave parryi v. truncata
Forms large clusters of tight 3ft. rosettes, broadleafed w/thick marginal spines. Red spines on young leaves turn black with age.
Agave parviflora
Variegated leaves with marginal hairs. 8″ rosettes.
Agave patonii
Miniature century plant to 12″ with pronounced spines, scooped leaf shape.
Agave patonii “Alba Marginata”
Small rosettes with cream colored margins and dark spines.
Agave potatorum
Large, solitary rosettes to 3ft. across, open blue leaves. 20ft tall bloom spikes.
Agave potatorum hybrid
Wide toothy red-tipped leaves, to 3ft.
Agave pratensis
Small clusters of warty 8″ rosettes. Marginal spines and orange flowers.
Agave pumila
Star-like leaves, sharply pointed and outward facing.
Agave pygmaea
A. seemanniana ssp. pygmaea
Small wide-leafed agave with red terminal spines. Grows on limestone outcroppings. 12″ rosettes.
Agave salmiana
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.
Agave salmiana v. ferox
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.