Agave striata var striata Speirantha Cut last year's stems to

Cut last year's stems to the ground before new growth starts in spring

This is a dramatic improvement over the typical species

each spotted brown toward the throat

The extraordinarily hairy (more so than some of the '80s rock bands) green leaves make an elegant evergreen clump

Agave striata var striata Speirantha Cut last year's stems toAgave striata var. striata is an easy to grow century plant that resembles a well fed porcupine quite different from the wider leaf century plant species. Hailing from the Sierra Madre Orientale mountain range in northeast Mexico, Agave striata has good winter hardiness and has been fine at 0 degrees F in our garden. Agave striata var. striata is also one of only two century plant species that doesn't die after flowering, which is handy, since it's