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Agave zebra (Zebra Agave) - Fast growing medium-sized agave to 3-4 feet tall with near equal spread with long recurved gray leaves. The leaves are "V"-shaped in cross section with prominent teeth along the margin and beautifully marbled broad bands of pale green.
Plant in full sun plant where it is both heat tolerant and hardy to cold temperatures down to around 15°F. It makes a great potted specimen and is also nice in the ground but requires a well-drained soil or slope planting as it can rot in cool wet winters in heavier soils.
Zebra Agave is in the Marmoratae group comes from dry rocky locations of northwestern Sonora, Mexico in the Sierra del Viejo and the adjoining Sierra Aquituni Mountains. Our plants from seed collected at Sierra El Viejo. We grew this plant from 2007 until 2015.
The information displayed on this page about Agave zebra is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We 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.
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