Agave attenuata

Botanical Name: 
Agave attenuata
Common Name: 
Century plant
Family: 
Agavaceae
Description: 

Leaves are almost flat, rounded and can be lime green to blue green in colour, up to 70cm long.

Inflorescence an arching spike, 2 - 4.5m long, displays pale yellow flowers.

It can take up to 10 years to produce a flower.

Native to Mexico.

Ideal as a feature plant and popular as they lack teeth (spikes) along the leaf.

Frost tender, plant in full sun and free draining soil.

Ht up to 1m x 1.5m

 

Uses: 

Mediterranean themed gardens, statement planting, mass planting, container planting.

Propagation: 

By offsets which the main plant produces.

Reference: 

Flora - The Gardeners Bible