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Agave americana ‘Century Plant’

Original price was: 50.00 AED.Current price is: 45.00 AED.

Century plant has no stem. Its thick and massive gray-green leaves originate from a basal rosette. The leaves get up to 6′ long and 10″ wide, and have sharp spines on the margins and tips. The margin spines are recurved like fishhooks and the tip spines can be more than an inch long. The flower stalk is branched, 20-40′ tall, and bears large (3-4″) yellow-green flowers. Popular cultivars are ‘Marginata’ with yellow margins on the leaves, ‘Mediopicta’ with a broad yellow band down the center of each leaf, and ‘Striata’ with stripes.

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Description

Height: 1-2m (rosette)
Spread: 1.5-2.5m
Origin: Mexico, Southwestern USA
Category: Succulent
Family: Asparagaceae
Common Name: Century Plant, Maguey

Flower Color: Yellow-Green (blooms after decades, then the plant dies)
Drought Tolerance: High
Salinity Tolerance: Moderate
Sun Tolerance: High (prefers full sun)
Wind Tolerance: High
Waterlog Tolerance: Low
pH Level: Neutral to Slightly Alkaline
Pest Tolerance: High
Disease Tolerance: High
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Fragrance: No
Growth Habit: Rosette, Spreading

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