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Agave macroacantha

Botanical Name
Agave macroacantha
Common Names
Blue Spined Agave,
Black-spined Agave is an exotic evergreen perennial succulent with a clumping, rosette habit. It produces green, purple and yellow flowers and has thick, spined foliage. Commonly used in tropical and arid landscape designs, it is suited to rockeries, container planting and structural accent plantings. It is also used in low-maintenance gardens and xeriscapes. Grows to approx. 0.6m H x 0.6m W.
Botanical Name: Common Names:
Agave macroacantha Blue Spined Agave,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Palms, Ferns & Tropical, Succulents & Cacti Clumping, Rosette

Description:
Black-spined Agave is an exotic evergreen perennial succulent with a clumping, rosette habit. It produces green, purple and yellow flowers and has thick, spined foliage. Commonly used in tropical and arid landscape designs, it is suited to rockeries, container planting and structural accent plantings. It is also used in low-maintenance gardens and xeriscapes. Grows to approx. 0.6m H x 0.6m W.

Mature Height: Mature Width:
10-25m >10m

Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Well Drained