Agave americana is the most common species and comes in many stripes and colors. Landscapers use them in sweeps. Pair Agave with other succulents, ornamental grasses, yuccas and Mediterranean ...

7. Soak your plants in water (I even did this to my agave) and tease loose any bound roots. Plant up your pot. 8. Place decorative pebbles in any bare spots and call it good. That is your 2%.

He must not be familiar with what happens to succulents during a freeze. In the Coachella Valley we lost Agave attenuata, Opuntia leptocaulis (pencil cactus) and many other succulents because ...

Don’t, however, ignore lesser-known but attractive species like Agave desmettiana and attenuata. These plants serve as the shrubs of succulent gardens.

As a punishing drought continues to grip California and other areas around the globe, scientists are exploring hardy succulents as a pathway to genetically engineer plants to use less water.Agave and ...

My favorite agave is the thornless Agave attenuata. I have a large clump on the side of my house. What is most useful to me is that I can pop off a large piece, set it on the coffee table for ...

Agave attenuata, from the Agavaceae family, is commonly referred to as spineless century plant. The agave is a much smaller version of the traditional agave and the leaves do not end in sharp spines, ...