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Names and Synonyms:Agave subfalcata, Agave sudburyensis, Agave pugioniformis, Agave paucifolia, Agave oligophylla, Agave linearis, Agave macroacantha var. integrifolia, Agave integrifolia, Agave flavescens, Agave besseriana, Agave macroacantha var. latifolia
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Common Names:Black-spined Agave
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Family:Agavaceae
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Origin:Southern central Mexico
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Size Label:1 Gallon
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Mature Size:individual rosette
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Height:1-2'
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Width:2-4'
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Cold Tolerance:25 to 30°F; -3.9 to -1.1°C
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Heat Tolerance:Extreme
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Light Requirement:Full sun
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Water needs:Very drought tolerant but likes some irrigation in summer in hot dry climates.
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Maintenance:Remove/replant pups and remove dead leaves as desired.
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Uses:Good in containers, landscape borders, rock gardens, or xeriscape plantings. Tough spiny leaves, so take care to locate away from foot traffic. Deer resistant. Slowly forms a colony by offsets.
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Propagation:Easily propagated by removing and replanting offsets.
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Special notes:Striking plant with narrow blue gray leaves (which contrast with its dark brown spines) creating a near perfect hemisphere. Flowers emerge on a 6' spike at around 15 years of age after which that rosette dies. Seeds can be collected and sown and pups can be replanted to create a colony quicker.
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