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Products > Agave sisalana forma medio-picta
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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Variegated Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Yellow |
| Bloomtime: Infrequent |
| Height: 4-6 feet |
| Width: 6-8 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Agave sisalana forma medio-picta (Variegated Hemp Agave) – A medium sized widely suckering agave to 4 to 6 feet tall by 6 to 7 feet wide with long stiff narrow white to very pale green leaves with grey-green spineless margins and armed at the tip with a 1 inch terminal spine. Older plants can have a short stem and occasionally a leaf might display a yellow stripe. At maturity flower stalks rise 15 to 20 feet tall bearing viviparous plantlets (bulbils). Plant in full to part sun and water occasionally to infrequently – tolerates dry conditions but grows faster and larger with more regular irrigation. Hardy to around 25° F. A very attractive and elegant agave that was a 2002 International Succulent Introduction as ISI 2002-9 Agave sisalana forma medio-picta. Plants for this introduction came from bulbils from a flowering plant at the Huntington Botanic Garden (HBG 77098). The specific epithet is derived from name of the port town of Sisal in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It was from there that this plant, which has long grown commercially throughout the tropics and subtropics in the old world and new for its fiber, was originally exported but most indications are that it is not native to the Yucatán peninsula likely to be a hybrid between Agave angustifolia and A. kewensis.
The information displayed on this page about Agave sisalana forma medio-picta is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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