Agave colorata
Common name:
Mescal Ceniza
Ash Agave
Pronunciation:
a-GAW-vee kol-oh-RAY-tuh
Family:
Asparagaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen, compact, small shrub, rosette-forming, slow growing to a mature height of about 2-4 ft (0.6-1.2 m) and a similar width. Plants are usually solitary but runners may establish additional plants near the main rosette. Leaves are about 60 x 18 cm, blue-gray, rough-textured, erect, margin undulating, toothed, and with a terminal spine. The single flower cluster may reach 3 m tall; flower buds are red and opening to yellow and orange and about 20 x 15 mm. Fruit to 5.5 cm, cup-shaped to oblong. In warm climates it may take 15-20 years to bloom and 25 years in cooler climates.
- Full sun, on soil with good drainage, low water needs
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8 Native to coastal northwestern Sonora, Mexico
- colorata: colored