{"title":"Agave | Century Plant","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Shop Agave | Century Plant\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese statuesque succulents thrive in hot sun and poor soils where they receive little water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-new-mexico","title":"New Mexico Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18-24\" tall x 24-30\" wide (seed propagated). Native to southeastern New Mexico, this is one of our most cold hardy Agave species. The main rosette of foliage is large, heavily armed with dark burgundy spines and often spouts smaller \"suckers\" around its base. When the plant matures sufficiently to bloom (after many years of slow growth), it sends up a huge 12-15' tall flowering spike that will attract hummingbirds from miles around.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cstrike\u003e\u003c\/strike\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617483755813,"sku":"HC017519","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/agave-parryi-neomexicana-1.jpg?v=1761077236"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-parrys","title":"Parry's Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp\u003e18\" tall x 18-30\" wide (seed propagated). An incredible selection of Parry's Century Plant, the seed for our crop was collected on a brutally cold, exposed high-altitude plateau (6,800' elevation) south of Flagstaff in Coconino Co., Arizona. The silver-gray plants are growing in a clay-loam soil mixed with black volcanic boulders. Without question, this is one of the largest, most cold-hardy forms of Agave you can grow. Plant in a lean, well-drained soil where it will get plenty of sun and heat. In time, the plant will bloom with a towering 12' tall, flowering candelabra that will attract hummingbirds from miles around.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617484804389,"sku":"HC013931","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/agave-pari-hero.jpg?v=1761077238"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-miniature","title":"Miniature Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp\u003e4\" tall x 5\" wide. Many years of growing this miniature Century Plant in Horticulturist David Salman's Santa Fe cacti gardens convinced him of its desirability. He was finally able to secure seed of this rare, very cold hardy form of the species. Agave toumeyana v. bella's thin, stiff leaves are edged with white stripes and adorned with curling white threads giving the small rosettes an appealing tidy appearance. A wonderful companion plant for Echinocereus and Escobaria cacti species. (seed propagated)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617509380389,"sku":"HC014374","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/12713-agave-toumeyana-bella.jpg?v=1761077286"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-peach-springs","title":"Peach Springs Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp\u003e5-8\" x 6-8\" wide. Peach Springs Century Plant is a small growing form has beautiful blue leaves and forms small clusters of rosettes that fit nicely into even the smallest xeriscape.  Very heat and cold tolerant. 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A native species endemic to the Glass Mountains of west Texas, this succulent has proven itself to be a very cold-hardy garden resident. Havard's Century Plant is the \"big boy\" of the cold-hardy Agave, growing to an imposing size at maturity! The massive leaves are particularly wide and fiercely-spined, so give it plenty of room, and keep it away from walks and entrance ways. Plant it with the Muhlenbergia, for a striking sculptural combination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 3.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617521701157,"sku":"HC015357","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/agave-havardianahero.jpg?v=1761077327"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-red-hedgehog","title":"Red Hedgehog Agave","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedgehog Century plant is a fascinating Chihuahuan desert species that grows to form a round, symmetrical rosette of pencil-like succulent leaves. In the outdoor landscape, the leaves of this selection turn reddish-pink in color and are very stiff with no marginal teeth. This is a very sculptural plant for the waterwise desert garden. Use gloves when handling as the thorns can get quite sharp and the sap can sometimes irritate skin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617527009573,"sku":"HC015250","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/agave_stricta_v_rubra_cc.jpg?v=1761077350"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-golden-flowered","title":"Golden Flowered Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGolden Flowered Century Plant (Agave chrysantha) is distinct from many other Agave species with its long narrow leaves that are banded with faint white horizontal stripes. Native to central and southern Arizona and is widely plantable across the Southwestern US. 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Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGood for rock gardens, containers, and xeriscapes, Utah Century Plant requires well-drained rocky or sandy soils in full sun or part shade; avoid clay or rich, water-retentive loam soils. Though it is cold tolerant, it is not tolerant of much moisture or wet winters. Avoid planting near walkways or play areas where people or pets may bump into the plant’s spines. Native to the Southwestern deserts, including Utah as well as California, Arizona, and Nevada. 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Plants are slow-growing and long-lived, often going decades before flowering. Hailing from Mexico, this species excels in warmer portions of the western US and is appreciative of a mineral, sandy, or well-drained soil and dry site. This plant is sometimes sold under the outdated name \u003cem\u003eAgave ferdinandi-regis\u003c\/em\u003e or as \u003cem\u003eAgave victoriae-reginae\u003c\/em\u003e, which is said to have smaller, greener leaves and smaller black spines at leaf tips.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 3.5\" Pot","offer_id":51440089268517,"sku":"HC019972","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/kingferdinand-agave.jpg?v=1762711944"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-coues","title":"Coues Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgave parryi ssp. couesii\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCoues’ Century Plant)\u003c\/em\u003e is native to the high deserts of the Southwest US. There, this unique subspecies grows gradually, slightly more compact in form than regular Agave parryi, and much more elegant. These long-lived specimens gradually produce “pups”, smaller agave plants around their bases. Once mature, the mother rosette will sacrifice itself, diverting all its available energy into producing an exceptionally tall stalk of hummingbird-attracting, nectar-rich yellow flowers, producing seeds, and finally dying. Its pups will typically fill in the space where the mother rosette had grown, keeping the plant around the garden for years to come.\u003cem\u003e Agave parryi ssp. couesii\u003c\/em\u003e is among the more cold-hardy of agave and its succulent, evergreen leaves make for superb winter interest. 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Also like to many other Agave, this subspecies will live on in the garden after flowering thanks to its production of “pups”, small offsets that mature into their own Agave rosettes after the mother plant dies. A long-lived, one-of-a-kind architectural addition for larger waterwise gardens where its spine-tipped leaves won’t intrude into pathways. Best in warmer portions of the western United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 3.5\" Pot","offer_id":51440089465125,"sku":"HC019974","price":18.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/Agave-parryi-truncata-2.jpg?v=1762711505"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/collections\/Agave-havardiana-w-grasses.jpg?v=1775661673","url":"https:\/\/www.highcountrygardens.com\/collections\/agave-century-plant-plants.oembed?page=2","provider":"High Country Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}