Agave deserti, Desert Agave

Desert Agave, Mescal, Century Plant

An evergreen perennial that can reach three feet high bythree feet wide. Yellow rosettes bloom in the spring. The flower blooms when the plant is mature, about forty years.

Desert Lavender(Condea emoryi),Desert Willow(Chilopsis linearis), CaliforniaFan Palm(Washingtonia filifera),Creosote Bush(Larrea tridentata),Ocotillo(Fouquieria splendens),Jojoba(Simmondsia chinensis),Blue Paloverde(Parkinsonia florida), WhIteBursage(Ambrosia dumosa),Chuparosa(Justicia californica), Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus),Desert Agave(Agave deserti), BrIttlebush (Encelia farinosa), Indigo Bush (Psorothamnus sp.),Smoke Tree(Psorothamnus spinosus),Apricot Mallow(Sphaeralcea ambigua), Opuntia spp, numerous annual wildflowers

Full sun, part shade

Well drained moist to dry soil

Slightly acidic, sandy, or gravely

Attracts butterflies

Deer resistant

Hardy to 25 degrees

Native toCalifornia