Agave tenuifolia Cestrum starting in mid-August with dainty

starting in mid-August with dainty heads of dazzling

fuzzy-leaf rosettes

evergreen clump of rigidly upright black-green fronds

sweetly fragrant

(aka: Agave neomexicana) This exciting 2010 introduction is a creamy yellow-edged sport of the North American native (two counties in Southern New Mexico) Agave parryi ssp

Agave tenuifolia Cestrum starting in mid-August with daintyAgave tenuifolia is a little known century plant species, related to Agave striata that was first published in 1995 from the state of Queretaro, where it grows between 1,500' 5,000' elevation in open forests. The solitary, porcupine like rosettes are composed of round green leaves. The lax flower spikes end in an array of yellow flowers.