Plant in full sun to light shade. Little irrigation required. Hardy to to zero degrees F.(Zone 7).

This plant was originally thought to be a selection of the Mountain Agave, Agave montana, a species previously lumped into the Agave macroculmis complex with Agave gentryi but both now have been recognized as separate and more distantly related species with the name Agave macroculmis now considered only as a synonym for Agave atrovirens.

This selected clone was collected in 1997 by Wade Roitsch of Yucca Do Nursery in madrone-pine-oak forest near La Encantada in southwestern Nuevo Leon at about 9000' elevation. It has proven itself at Yucca Do Nursery in Hempstead Texas where it has held up well to hot summers and wet and cold winters. The cultivar name 'Baccarat' was given to this plant because the bud imprinting and coloration on the leaves reminded him of the multi-faceted effect of a bowl of fine cut Baccarat Crystal. We have long listed this plant as Agave montana 'Baccarat' but after years of observation, Carl Schoenfeld and Wade Roitsch at Yucca Do Nursery now believe this plant to be a natural intergrade between Agave gentryi and Agave montana and so rightfully should just be called Agave 'Baccarat'. The image on this page provided by Yucca Do Nursery. 

The information displayed on this page about Agave 'Baccarat' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.