Description: Many subvarieties exist of this agave, which is naturalized in California and often seen growing wild and in gardens. Large agave with a rosette-shaped arrangement of stiff, fleshy, grey-blue-green leaves. A vigorous pupper, it also commonly reproduces by seed. Very tough and adaptable to...

Description: Agave angustifolia v. marginata, or the Caribbean Agave, is a cultivar developed in India in the 19th century and naturalized in the Caribbean. It features narrow, pointed leaves with prominent cream-colored or whitish margins and marginal teeth, growing in a dense rosette. Smaller in stature...

Description: Agave durangensis is one of the primary spirit agaves grown in Durango, Mexico. Spirits made from this agave often have sweet, mineral, and floral overtones of depth and intensity. Wide, gray-green, concave leaves show prominent, black needles. These agaves are very tough, maybe...

Description: Beautiful, fleshy, grey-green agave with curved leaves that are rough to the touch, have strong leaf imprints, and feature a large, dark brown terminal spine. A. mapisaga var. lisa is one of the largest agaves known, but this is a different variety–and may...

Description: Known in Mexico as “tepaxtate” or “pichomel”, this agave has a large rosette of ruffled, unruly, and pointed leaves with sharp marginal teeth. We grow this agave on hillsides, where it sprawls more than it grows upright–and more than slightly resembles an upside-down...

Description: Giant agave plant with thick, spiny, dark green leaves. Significant marginal teeth and terminal spine. Grown traditionally for pulque and spirits in Mexico, used mostly for landscaping in the United States, due to its size, structure, color, and adaptability.   Estimated Size: 5-7ft height,...

Description: Sculptural agave of impressive size. Dark green leaves with significant terminal spines and marginal teeth. Used traditionally in Mexico for pulque and spirits, it is relatively low in sugar but high in terpenes that give off robust aromas of jalapeño, poblano chile, and...

Description: A variegated cultivar of Agave tequilana with narrower green leaves bearing yellow margins or streaks. Somewhat more cold and frost tolerant than its cousins, A. tequilana weber azul and a. angustifolia, this has been our best-performing tequilana/angustifolia but has somewhat smaller piñas. These...