Agave Americana
| Latin Name: | Agave americana |
| Common Name: | Century Plant |
| Description: | Native to Mexico. Large, loose open trunkless rosette of spreading, broad and thick-succulent, glaucous gray-green leaves 6-8 feet long, sharply bend downward above the middle, with sharp brown hooks at margins, and ending in a spiny point; yellowish flowers on a tall spike to 36 feet, produced when plant is 10 years old or much more. Once the Agave americana flowers it dies. |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| USDA Zone: | 7 |
| Flower: | Yellow |
| Mature Height: | 4 feet |
| Mature Width: | 8 feet |
| Preferred light conditions: | sun |
| Preferred water conditions: | little to none |
| Growth Speed: | slow |
| Size at one year of growth: | 6-12 inches |
| 4 inch: | $3.00 |
| 1 gallon: | $5.00 |
| 5 gallon: | $15.00 |
| 10 gallon: | $50.00 |
| 15 gallon: | $50.00 |
| 30 gallon: | $125.00 |
| 45 gallon: | $250.00 |
| 95 gallon: | $350.00 |
| 500 gallon: | $750.00 |