Havard agave

Havard agave Care

Agave havardiana

What is the plant

Agave havardiana or Havard's Century Plant is a plant species native to the Davis Mountains of west Texas. This succulent has proven itself to be a very cold-hardy, drought resistant plant. In the wild, it prefers grassy to rocky slopes or woodlands.

Agave havardiana is an acaulescent midsized species forming rosettes low to the ground, sometimes creating suckers but not forming large colonies like some other species. The short, silver-grey to nearly white triangular leaves of Agave havardiana are up to 60 cm long, about three to four times longer than broad, with teeth along the margins and at the tip. When the plant matures and blooms the tall candelabra inflorescence rises to over 7 metres bearing yellow to yellow-green flowers that attract birds and bees.

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Lighting

Full Sun

Difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Water deeply after planting. After that, the plant is drought-tolerant once established. Little to no supplemental irrigation required.
Fertilizer
These plants grow quickly if kept well-nourished with a slow-release fertilizer specifically formulated for cactus and succulents applied once or twice a year (poor in nitrogen), including all micro nutrients and trace elements.
Sunlight
These plants do well in full sun or a lightly shaded area with afternoon shade.

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Soil
They do best in very well-drained, sandy or gravely soil. As an ornamental it is also grown in containers where it stays smaller than its outdoor brethren. In pots they need a very porous mix soil (e.g. 2 parts peat moss to 1 part loam to 1 part of pumice).
Temperature
Outside, Agave havardiana is hardy to -7 to -12°C.
Container
These plants can be grown in containters. Choose a pot with enough drainage holes.