San Marcos Growers LogoSan Marcos Growers
New User
Wholesale Login
Enter Password
Home Products Purchase Gardens About Us Resources Contact Us
Nursery Closure
Search Utilities
Plant Database
Search Plant Name
Detail Search Avanced Search Go Button
Search by size, origins,
details, cultural needs
Website Search Search Website GO button
Search for any word
Site Map
Retail Locator
Plant Listings

PLANT TYPE
PLANT GEOGRAPHY
PLANT INDEX
ALL PLANT LIST
PLANT IMAGE INDEX
PLANT INTROS
SPECIALTY CROPS
NEW  2025 PLANTS

PRIME LIST
  for FEBRUARY


Natives at San Marcos Growers
Succulents at San Marcos Growers
 Weather Station

 
Products > Agave 'Chunky Monkey'
 
Agave 'Chunky Monkey'
   
Image of Agave 'Chunky Monkey'
 
Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Succulent
Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae)
Origin: Mexico (North America)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloomtime: Infrequent
Parentage: (Agave parassana hybrid)
Height: 3-4 feet
Width: 4-5 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Deer Tolerant: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F
Agave 'Chunky Monkey' - A medium sized solitary plant with broad stout 3 foot long gray leaves that radiate straight up and out with a strong keeled lower surface and well-spaced brown teeth along the margins and a stout brown terminal spine. A sister seedling to this plant flowered and it has a towering inflorescence branching at about 15 feet with the horizontal branches holding rose colored buds that opened to bright yellow flowers. Plant in full sun and irrigate only occasionally. Likely cold hardy to around 15 degrees F. As will all agave it is best to use extreme care when working around or trimming this plant. Not only are the spines wicked and cause a painful swelling if one is poked, but the sap of many species is caustic. This plant was given to us in 2011 by Brian Kemble of the Ruth Bancroft Garden. It was grown from seed that formed on Agave parassana and was presumed to be a cross between this species and Agave salmiana. When Brian described the plant he called it a "Chunky Monkey" and this name just stuck! 

The information about Agave 'Chunky Monkey' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.

Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.

 
  [MORE INFO]