Desert Agave, Mescal, Century Plant
An evergreen perennial that can reach three feet high by three feet wide. Yellow rosettes bloom in the spring. The flower blooms when the plant is mature, about forty years.
- Full sun, part shade
- Well drained moist to dry soil
- Slightly acidic, sandy, or gravely
- Attracts butterflies
- Deer resistant
- Hardy to 25 degrees
- Native to California