Plant in full sun along in coastal gardens to shade inland in a well-drained soil and water occasionally - this is not a desert species so a little shade from hot sun and more regular watering is recommended . It has proven hardy to temperatures to around 30°F. This is a great plant as a foliage accent or specimen plant as it does not have dangerous teeth or spines and does not get up on a stem like Agave attenuata. It is similar to Agave pedunculifera in this respect but the leaves are shorter and glossier than this species.

Agave ellemeetiana was reported to be introduced into Europe from near the town of Jalapa in Veracruz, Mexico around 1864 but details of the collection origin are lacking. Joachim Thiede , the author of the Agave section in "Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons" wrote about this plant on the Xeric World Website noting that Agave ellemeetiana occurs in cloud forests in a private nature reserve in the Sierra de Zongolica in Veracruz and that plants sold as Agave species "Zongolica", reportedly collected growing on vertical cliffs with Tillandsia grandis are likely the plants now in cultivation. He also noted that the plants were found in in humid forests in the Sierra Mazateca (= Sierra de Huautla) and near near Jalapa de Diaz which is just southwards of the Sierra Mazateca." and from Oaxaca in the Sierra Madre Occidental around Santiago Nuyoó, east of Putla and between between Putla and Tlaxiaco. Since all of these habitats are humid forests Thiede further noted that the plant should tolerate more humidity compared to more xeric species. It was named by General George Albano von Jacobi (1805-1874), an amateur botanist who studied the genus from plants imported into Europe and in in 1864 published a garden monograph on Agave. He named this plant in 1865 for his Dutch friend Mr. De Jonge van Ellemeet. Our original stock plants from Rancho Tissue Technologies in Rancho Santa Fe, California. 

Information displayed on this page about Agave ellemeetiana 'Satina' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.