Agavaceae Family

 Agave americana

Origin:  Mexico. We can find it stablished in the wild in many Spanish regions. It is a plant with an excellent capacity of adaptation that can become invasive.

Plant Description:  Composed of 20 to 30 leaves that form an ample rosette of up to 2 ms of diameter. The leaves of 1.40 ms of length and 25 cm wide, of green / blue-gray color, finish in a strong sting of 5 cm.

 
Structure of the leaves

Flowers:  Spectacular floral tube of up to 9 ms of height, with flowers of about 10 cm in length and yellows. Usually it blooms with about 30 years of age. After the flowering the plant dies, but it emits numerous shoots from the base.

Detail of the inflorescence

Growth:  Vigorous.

Culture:  Ph 6.  Full sun. Generous irrigations in summer. Very resistant and all-terrain plant that supports the cold and prolonged droughts. If it is cultivated in flowerpot, it must be very solid or it will end up bursting it with his ample rooting system.

Agave americana marginata

Agave americana medio-picta

Their varieties are very decorative, mainly the marginata and the medio-picta, with infinite hybrids that vary the coloration and forms of their bands.

All these forms more or less variegated are a little more delicate than the species type. In particular, they suffer with the low temperatures and they do not resist the frosts.