Plant Database
Variegated Smooth Agave
Agave desmettiana ‘Variegata’
Variegated Smooth Agave is a versatile and handsome plant, forming symmetrical rosettes of smooth, fleshy leaves edged in creamy yellow. It is exceptionally adaptable, tolerating more shade and moisture than many agaves, and rarely flowers, making it a long-lived, low-maintenance feature for borders, containers, or mass plantings in warm climates.
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Forms a neat, symmetrical rosette of smooth, spineless leaves with creamy yellow margins.
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Rarely flowers, so it is effectively polycarpic (lives for many years without dying after bloom).
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Tolerates partial shade and more frequent watering better than most agaves.
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Moderate growth rate and readily produces offsets to form a colony.
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An excellent choice for mass plantings, low hedges, or containers in subtropical landscapes.