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Products > Agave parryi var. huachucensis   Agave parryi var. huachucensis - Artichoke Agave Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) Origin: Mexico (North America) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Yellow Bloomtime: Infrequent Height: 2-3 feet Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F May be Poisonous  (More Info): Yes Agave parryi var. huachucensis (Artichoke Agave) - A compact freely-suckering rosette-forming succulent with broad short gray leaves with prominent brown terminal spines. Individual plants are 18 inches to 2 feet tall by 2 to 3 feet wide with the sucker growth producing dense clumps. When mature a flower spike rises 10 to 20 feet bearing lemon yellow flowers tinged with pink. Flowering usually occurs in summer. Plant in full sun. Requires very little to no irrigation in coastal gardens. Hardy to around 15° F. This agave from south-eastern Arizona south to Chihuahua is attractive massed in the succulent garden as a large scale groundcover or in large pots. There is considerable confusion with Agave parryii and Agave parryii var. huachucensis - this plant has a tight rosette of broad short leaves - like the blunter leaf tipped Agave parryii var. truncata it looks a bit like an artichoke. Some consider this to be the true Agave parryii (and they may be correct) but it has long been grown in California as Agave parryii var. huachucensis.  The information about Agave parryi var. huachucensis displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our nursery library and from online sources we consider reliable. We will also relate those observations made of this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and in other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has additional information, particularly when they share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]