Agave

Agave plants are drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and low-maintenance showstoppers! With their thick, succulent foliage in eye-catching colors of green and blue to blue-silver, agave plants make striking centerpieces in waterwise gardens and containers. Good for hot climates, these beautiful agave succulents are easy to grow, indestructible perennials that will be “statement pieces” in your garden for many years to come! Shop here for Annie’s stunning agave!

Agave is a type of succulent, commonly confused with cactus. The main difference between agave and cacti is that agave have leaves, including agave ‘Blue Glow’ whose blue leaves are edged in yellow and red, making it stunning when backlit by the sun.

The common commercial use of perennial agave today is in the making of tequila, where the sugars in agave succulents are fermented.

Agave plants are succulent perennials that live for many years. An agave bloom is a spectacular sight that usually happens once in the plant’s lifetime. Agave flowers are full of nectar, which is good for pollinators like bees and hummingbirds. After an agave blooms, it will drop seeds, which lead to a new generation of drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and easy-to-grow agave “offsets” or pups.

Agave is easy to grow, drought tolerant, deer resistant, and resilient to all types of environments, making it virtually indestructible. Good for hot climates, agave does best in well-draining soil like rocky, sandy, or cactus soil with full sun. Easy to plant and easy to grow, drought-tolerant agave should be watered only when the soil is dry.

Some of the most beautiful types of evergreen, drought-tolerant agave are Agave ovatifolia ‘Frosty Blue’, Agave ‘Blue Glow’, Agave parryi var. truncata ‘Artichoke Agave’, and Agave vilmoriniana ‘Stained Glass.’