Agave - Tropical

These are upright, vase to urn-shaped Agaves with mostly smooth leaf edges and sexy, recurving sword-shaped leaves. They are green to glaucous color with a short, somewhat sharp terminal spine. These are coastal, tropical Agaves suitable as stand-alone xeric landscape features, but they blend and accent other tropical looking plants like Hibiscus, Bougainvillea, Canna lilies, and Tecoma. They can acclimate to full sun, but perform quite well in some shade or filtered light.

Scientific Name:  Agave desmettiana 

Mature size:  2-3 ft. high x 2-4 ft. wide

Sun:  Full to part sun