General Description | A rosetted mass of rigid, succulent, spine-tipped, tendril-shaped green leaves. |
ID Characteristic | Small hair-like fibres growing along the spiny edges of the leaves. |
Shape | Spiked rosette. |
Landscape | It is best used in architectural decoration, city and urban gardens, and Mediterranean displays in regions as close to its natural climate as possible. Since it needs a warm climate to thrive, it is not recommended for outdoor planting in frost prone climates, but can be planted indoors as a large-scale succulent display. |
Propagation | Propagate by offsets only in spring or autumn. |
Cultivation | Will grow well in standard cactus-type composted soils such as a mixture of sand and loam. |
Pests | Scale may be problematic, but is not known to be affected by diseases. |
Leaf Description | Rigid, succulent, spine-tipped, tendril-shaped green leaves measuring up to about 40 cm. |
Colour Description | Leaves are a duller true green with whitish-tan fibres. |
Texture Description | Smooth leathery leaves comparable to most species belonging to the Agave genus. The leaves have small hairlike fibres growing along their spiny edges. |