Plant in full sun or light shade (sun brings out the color) in a well-drained soil and irrigated occasionally to very little. Quite hardy. This plant has circulated in the horticultural trades for many years and lacks a cultivar name but we follow the name in Paul Carpenter Standley's Trees and Shrubs of Mexico under his listing for Agave striata where he states: "The purplish form is known in gardens as f. purpurea". We received our stock plants of this plant from Agavemonger Kent Houser. 

Information displayed on this page about Agave striata forma purpurea 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.