Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave

Agave Blue Flame – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Blue Flame

Agave Blue Flame

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Agave Creme Brule / Creme Brulee Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Creme Brule

Agave Creme Brule

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Agave Cubic, a small blue-grey rosette with thick angular ridged leaves in a terracotta pot

Agave Cubic

Agave Cubic

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

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Agave Decipiens

Agave Decipiens

Full sun

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave Franzosinii – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Franzosinii

Agave Franzosinii

Full sun

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Agave Lechuguilla – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Lechuguilla

Agave Lechuguilla

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer (monocarpic)

New Mexico agave, a tight blue-grey rosette with dark teeth and spines in gravel among boulders

Agave Neo Mexicana

Agave Neo Mexicana

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to early summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave Parryi Huachucensis – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Parryi Huachucensis

Agave Parryi Huachucensis

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 10-30 years)

Butterfly Agave / Agave Potatorum – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Potatorum

Agave Potatorum

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 8-15 years)

Agave Sch Royal Flush – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Sch Royal Flush

Agave Sch Royal Flush

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Sisal agave with long straight sword-shaped green leaves in a gravel yard beside a boulder

Agave Sisalana

Agave Sisalana

Full sun

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once after many years)

Agave Titanota – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Titanota

Agave Titanota

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave titanota Dakota, a compact blue-grey rosette with large toothed leaves in gravel by a boulder

Agave Titanota Dakota

Agave Titanota Dakota

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave titanota White Ice, a silvery white rosette with ivory teeth in gravel beside a boulder

Agave Titanota White Ice

Agave Titanota White Ice

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave Weberi – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Weberi

Agave Weberi

Full sun

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 10-20 years)

Artichoke Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Artichoke Agave

Artichoke Agave

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer

Big Toothed Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Big Toothed Agave

Big Toothed Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Black Spine Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Black Spine Agave

Black Spine Agave

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic / blooming once after many years.

Blue Glow Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Blue Glow Agave

Blue Glow Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late winter to spring; blooms once at maturity / typically after 8-10 years

Butterfly Agave / Agave Potatorum – Desert Horizon Nursery

Butterfly Agave

Butterfly Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late spring to summer

Cameron Blue Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Cameron Blue Agave

Cameron Blue Agave

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer / once after many years (monocarpic)

Caribbean Agave (Variegated) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Caribbean Agave (Variegated)

Caribbean Agave (Variegated)

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic bloom after many years

Celsii agave cluster of soft blue-green fleshy rosettes in gravel beside a shaded patio wall

Celsii Agave

Celsii Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic / blooms once then dies

Century Plant – Desert Horizon Nursery

Century Plant

Century Plant

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 10-30 years)

Cow Horn Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Cow Horn Agave

Cow Horn Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late spring to summer

Agave Creme Brule / Creme Brulee Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Creme Brulee Agave

Creme Brulee Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late summer to fall

Desert agave, a compact grey-green spiny rosette in coarse gravel between boulders

Desert Agave

Desert Agave

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer; blooms once at maturity (10-25 years) / then dies.

Dragon Toes Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Dragon Toes Agave

Dragon Toes Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (rarely; monocarpic)

Ferox Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ferox Agave

Ferox Agave

Full sun

Very low

Summer; blooms once after many years (monocarpic)

Jet tip agave with narrow blue-grey leaves tipped with black spines in gravel beside a boulder

Jet Tip Agave

Jet Tip Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (monocarpic; blooms once at maturity then dies)

Kishokan dwarf butterfly agave with cream-edged blue-green leaves and red-brown teeth in a pot

Kishokan Dwarf Butterfly Agave

Kishokan Dwarf Butterfly Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (monocarpic; blooms once then dies / leaving offsets)

Mangave Lavender Lady rosette of broad smoky lavender-grey leaves in a terracotta pot on a patio

Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’

Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Summer