Rough Agave

Rough Agave Care

Agave Asperrima

What is the plant

Agave asperrima succulents is native to south west United States (Texas) and Mexico. It grows on plains, rocks and canyons on sandy, stony soils, as well as sedimentary soils, most often limestone, among desert shrubs at altitudes of 500-1500 meters above sea level.It is a medium or large-sized plant with thick blue-gray 90 cm long, and 9 to 18 cm wide at the widest point towards the middle and deeply guttered lengthwise with a tapering tip ending in a long dark brown spine and with large teeth along the margins.Rough Agave blooms in the summer. The flowers are bright yellow in peduncles of a 4.5 m tall spike. There are 14–18 upright flowers with a diameter of 6–8 cm. The perianth is yellow, the tube is cylindrical, the petals are straight, of almost the same length, 18–26 mm. The stamens protrude from the flower, the filaments are yellow, 5–6.5 cm long, the anthers are also yellow, 24–30 mm in height.

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Humidity

Dry

Lighting

Full Sun

Temperature

min 10°C

Hardiness zone

9a - 11b

Difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
In summer, the plant must be watered abundantly, but the soil between the irrigations must completely dry out. In winter, watering is rare; water needs succulent water so that the leaves do not wrinkle.
Sunlight
Agave asperrima succulents feels good in full sun or in a slightly wrinkled place.
Soil
Rough Agave is grown in well-drained, slightly acidic soil with the addition of sand or gravel. In warm regions Agave asperrima succulents can be grown outdoors in rock gardens, succulent gardens, as a hedge or border. As an ornamental plant it is grown in room culture, Agave grows quite quickly, but does not reach such dimensions as its wild counterparts.

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Temperature
In the summer the plant is best kept on the balcony, and in the winter in a cool room. Although Rough Agave can stand frosts down to –9 ° C, especially if it is contained in dry ground, freezing temperatures should still be avoided.
Additional
The juice from many species of agave can cause acute contact dermatitis that produces reddening and blistering lasting approximately one to two weeks. Itching may recur up to a year later without a visible rash.
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