When I purchased my small farm, there was a small nursery at the front of the property with a number of these and other plants growing. T...Read Morehe house had next to no landscaping, so I planted all of them. 4 years later two of them are starting to bloom. One stalk is parallel to the eve of the roof and the other is a couple feet shorter. Both are still growing. They are fairly impressive looking, especially as I look at the 20 or more others around it not blooming. As it is a farm, and I kind of have a motto of "if you can't eat it, why grow it?" I'm curious about this one... other agave can be harvested for nectar/juice or hemp, etc. How about this one? Anyone know?
Agave desmettiana var. ‘variegata’ is one of only a dozen or so Agave sp. that will perform well in Ft Lauderdale, FL’s subtropical...Read More / tropical 10b climate, and is one of the most attractive Agave species, as well as of a manageable size for landscaping, which can be grown here.
Gales Ferry, CT (Zone 6b) | February 2015 | negative
I live in Jacksonville Florida and a hard freeze with temps barely below freezing for several ours has turned my unprotected dwarf varieg...Read Moreated agave to mush....clearly NOT a suitable plant for zone 9A or areas that freeze
Seems to grow in either part shade or full sun here in Bay Area. Young plants need irrigation, or they seem to dry up quickly; however wh...Read Moreen mature, they can get by with only occasional water, though they appreciate and grow faster with regular irrigation.
This is a nice looking agave and relatively user friendly... called a smooth agave since the leaves have no, or few spines along the edge...Read Mores, and they're pretty soft and rubbery (still a nasty terminal spine, though, so careful with your eyeballs!)... very common species in landscaping in So Cal (more so than the non-variegated variety). It is a bit on the invasive side, though, suckeing madly but fortunately not too far from the mother plant. It reproduces in a way not listed on the possibilities above, along with the usual seed and offset production. Sometimes bulbils will form on the flower stalk and little plantlets will grow there... all ready to just stick in the ground (see photo). This is one of the more cold sensitive agaves and won't take a whole lot of frost, though mine have never been damaged down to 25F.
When I purchased my small farm, there was a small nursery at the front of the property with a number of these and other plants growing. T...Read More
Agave desmettiana var. ‘variegata’ is one of only a dozen or so Agave sp. that will perform well in Ft Lauderdale, FL’s subtropical...Read More
I live in Jacksonville Florida and a hard freeze with temps barely below freezing for several ours has turned my unprotected dwarf varieg...Read More
Got a pup growing out, going to find a nice out of the way area to let it get BIG
Seems to grow in either part shade or full sun here in Bay Area. Young plants need irrigation, or they seem to dry up quickly; however wh...Read More
Mine got hit by the freeze (Jan.09) but I believe the center is alright. Time will tell. It got down to 21*
I have not grown this plant. It is happier in a shady area.
This is a nice looking agave and relatively user friendly... called a smooth agave since the leaves have no, or few spines along the edge...Read More