Agave Species, Butterfly Agave, Century Plant, Maguey

Similar to the type of species,whitish-grey leaves with short,red-brown or yellow-brown spines.

This species has plants that have very variable features. Some experts have suggested that it probably should be organized into subspecie...Read Mores. Some are very small (called Butterfly Agave and highly prized in Japan, 8 inches by 15 inches) and others medium-sized. They grow very symmetrically staying smaller in containers. The margins are nippled and the leaves have distinct showy bud-imprints.

Attractive wavy, blue-green-leaved small agave. This one looks a bit like Agave colorata, but not nearly as marked a wavilness al...Read Moreong the leaf margins. However it is a highly ornamental agave still and great for smaller, open xeriscape gardens. Grows eventually up to 2' tall and 2' in diameter, so doesn't stay a small agave.