Crème Brulee Agave
Location
Cactus & Succulent Garden
- Common Name: Crème Brulee Agave
- Scientific Name: Agave guiengola ‘Creme Brulee’
- Family Name: Asparagaceae
- Origin: Mexico
- Height: 12” – 18”
- Width: 1’ – 2’
- Growth: slow to moderate
- Zone: 9A – 10B
- Light Needs: Full sun – Partial shade
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Soil/PH/Texture: mildly acidic – mildly alkaline (pH 6.1 – 7.8)
- Soil Moisture: average water needs, regularly, but do not overwater, otherwise it can suffer from edema from over watering.
- Drought Tolerance: moderate
- Pests/Diseases: Agave snout weevil, snails, slugs
- Growing Conditions: easy to grow and low maintenance
- Characteristics: grown for its foliage, rosettes of white and green glaucous leaves with broad cream margins on leaves that are 18” -24” in length. Can produce yellow flowers on a 5 to 6 foot tall spike, but only at maturity once every 15-25 years, and then the mother plant dies leaving baby pups behind to replace her.
- Propagation: by dividing rhizomes, corms, bulbs, tubers, offsets and by seed.
- Wildlife: flowers will attract hummingbirds.
- Facts: unknown
- Designer Considerations: great in a cactus, succulent, or rock garden, in containers on your patio or deck, and suitable for xeriscaping
