Variegated Caribbean Agave
Plant Bio
Agave angustifolia [a-GAH-vee angustifolia] is a member of the Agavaceae family and is native to Costa Rica, Central America, and Mexico (Sonora).
This evergreen succulent plant is a monocarpic perennial.
You may hear it called by its common names including:
Narrow-Leaved Century Plant
Variegated Caribbean Agave
Marginata Caribbean Agave
Mescal Agave
Variegated Maguey Lechugilla
There are several different Agave varieties of this interesting, medium-sized Agave.
Here are a few Agave species variations:
Agave angustifolia ‘marginata’
Agave variegata
Agave americana
Agave vivipara
Agave angustifolia var. marginata
Agave vivipara var. marginata
Agave Angustifolia Care
Size & Growth
Narrow-Leaved Century Plant may grow to be about 4′ feet high and wide with creamy white margins on the leaves.
The size and spread of this plant depend on the variety you choose and its environment.
The foliage of this cacti succulent grows in a rosette formation atop a short trunk up to 2′ feet tall.
The plant’s leaves are pale green with creamy-white margins, quite stiff and very dangerous.
It has sharp spines on the tips of the leaves with marginal teeth and a sharp terminal spine.
Flowering & Fragrance
These monocarpic plants may bloom sometime after the age of ten years.
When the parent plant blooms, it produces a great number of blooms with a yellowish-green flower color that sit atop a spike with well-branched panicles attaining a height of 16′ feet tall.
Sometimes the flower stalk produces tiny plantlets or bulbils for replanting.
Bulbils also form in the inflorescence to help perpetuate this plant.
Agave flowers are fragrant, attractive to pollinators and edible.
Light & Temperature
These plants perform best in a full sun setting, but they can tolerate partial shade.
In areas where the Western sun is quite punishing, some sun protection is advised.
Century Plant is winter hardy in USDA hardiness zones 9 through 11 or down to 25° degrees Fahrenheit (-4° C).
Watering & Feeding
Once established, Mescal Agave is very drought tolerant and needs little or no supplemental water.
In very hot summer months, water slowly and deeply occasionally.
Remember watering or fertilizing will increase the plants’ rate of growth.
Additionally, fertilizing may spur the plant to bloom, which will ultimately cause it to die.
Soil & Transplanting
Plant Agave angustifolia in well-draining sandy soil with a small amount of loam added.
If keeping Agave as a potted plant, do not repot often.
NOTE: The Queen Victoria Agave plant makes a nice potted specimen.
These plants do well when moderately root bound, repotting is quite a hazardous task.
Agave is quite slow-growing and averse to handling and will do well in the same pot for several years.
You may wish to refresh the top of the soil annually in the springtime to provide more nourishment.
When you do repot, use all new soil and make sure the plant is well seated in its new pot so it will not topple over.
Take care not to bury it to deeply, though.
If the plant stem is covered with soil, it will rot.
Grooming & Maintenance
Grooming and maintenance of this plant are unnecessary and ill-advised.
It’s very difficult to handle Agave angustifolia plant without hurting yourself.
Plant Bio
Agave angustifolia [a-GAH-vee angustifolia] is a member of the Agavaceae family and is native to Costa Rica, Central America, and Mexico (Sonora).
This evergreen succulent plant is a monocarpic perennial.
You may hear it called by its common names including:
Narrow-Leaved Century Plant
Variegated Caribbean Agave
Marginata Caribbean Agave
Mescal Agave
Variegated Maguey Lechugilla
There are several different Agave varieties of this interesting, medium-sized Agave.
Here are a few Agave species variations:
Agave angustifolia ‘marginata’
Agave variegata
Agave americana
Agave vivipara
Agave angustifolia var. marginata
Agave vivipara var. marginata
Agave Angustifolia Care
Size & Growth
Narrow-Leaved Century Plant may grow to be about 4′ feet high and wide with creamy white margins on the leaves.
The size and spread of this plant depend on the variety you choose and its environment.
The foliage of this cacti succulent grows in a rosette formation atop a short trunk up to 2′ feet tall.
The plant’s leaves are pale green with creamy-white margins, quite stiff and very dangerous.
It has sharp spines on the tips of the leaves with marginal teeth and a sharp terminal spine.
Flowering & Fragrance
These monocarpic plants may bloom sometime after the age of ten years.
When the parent plant blooms, it produces a great number of blooms with a yellowish-green flower color that sit atop a spike with well-branched panicles attaining a height of 16′ feet tall.
Sometimes the flower stalk produces tiny plantlets or bulbils for replanting.
Bulbils also form in the inflorescence to help perpetuate this plant.
Agave flowers are fragrant, attractive to pollinators and edible.
Light & Temperature
These plants perform best in a full sun setting, but they can tolerate partial shade.
In areas where the Western sun is quite punishing, some sun protection is advised.
Century Plant is winter hardy in USDA hardiness zones 9 through 11 or down to 25° degrees Fahrenheit (-4° C).
Watering & Feeding
Once established, Mescal Agave is very drought tolerant and needs little or no supplemental water.
In very hot summer months, water slowly and deeply occasionally.
Remember watering or fertilizing will increase the plants’ rate of growth.
Additionally, fertilizing may spur the plant to bloom, which will ultimately cause it to die.
Soil & Transplanting
Plant Agave angustifolia in well-draining sandy soil with a small amount of loam added.
If keeping Agave as a potted plant, do not repot often.
NOTE: The Queen Victoria Agave plant makes a nice potted specimen.
These plants do well when moderately root bound, repotting is quite a hazardous task.
Agave is quite slow-growing and averse to handling and will do well in the same pot for several years.
You may wish to refresh the top of the soil annually in the springtime to provide more nourishment.
When you do repot, use all new soil and make sure the plant is well seated in its new pot so it will not topple over.
Take care not to bury it to deeply, though.
If the plant stem is covered with soil, it will rot.
Grooming & Maintenance
Grooming and maintenance of this plant are unnecessary and ill-advised.
It’s very difficult to handle Agave angustifolia plant without hurting yourself.
| Choose Height |
30cm - 40cm |
|---|---|
| Choose Pot |
Default plastic pot |