Plant in full sun. Requires very little to no irrigation in coastal gardens. Hardy to around 15° F. It is attractive massed in the succulent garden as a large-scale groundcover or in large pots.

Agave parryi grows from south-eastern Arizona and western New Mexico south to Chihuahua and this variety hails from its northerly limits. The specific epithet honors the British born American botanist Charles Parry who was the botanist and surgeon to the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (1848–1855) and made extensive plant collections along the U.S. and Mexico border areas. He was the first to discover the Torrey pine and Engelmann spruce, which he named to honor of his mentors John Torrey and George Engelmann and was the first to climb Grays Peak, which he named for another mentor, famed American botanist Asa Gray. The varietal epithet is a reference to the Huachuca Mountains in southern Arizona.

There is considerable confusion between the various varieties of Agave parryii and this Agave parryii var. huachucensis is generally a smaller variety with a tight rosette of broad short leaves. Some consider this form to be the true Agave parryi var. parryi (and they may be correct) but it has long been grown in California as Agave parryi var. huachucensis. 

Information displayed on this page about Agave parryi var. huachucensis 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.