Succulent · Asparagaceae Draft — unreviewed
Parry's agave
Agave parryi Engelm.
Also called artichoke agave.
Compact, symmetrical gray agave with dark terminal spines, shaped like an artichoke. One of the cold-hardiest agaves.
Size over time
Typical landscape size 0.5–0.6 m (1–2 ft) tall and 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft) wide; slow growth, about 15 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.12) from the #5 install size.
Design notes
- Flowers once after many years, then the rosette dies; offsets continue the clump.
- Excellent in containers and rock gardens; needs sharp drainage in wet-winter climates.
Regions
Native range: Mountains of Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico.
Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:
Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.
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Saguaro
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Desert spoon
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Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
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Plan with Parry's agave
Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.