Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Height: 3-4′
Spread: 4-6′
Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Sun
Foliage: Green
Flower: Yellow, Monocarpic
Water Usage: Low

Native to the foothills and canyons of Sonora, Mexico, Octopus Agave is a cliff dweller that resembles a large silvery green octopus with sprawling tentacles when mature. Striking in the landscape, it is a solitary grower that doesn’t generally produce pups but will create hundreds of bulbils, cloned plantlets, on its bloomstalk before death. Excellent on steep embankments and planted in well spaced groups. Fast growing when given supplemental water. It is better to water sparingly, slowing the plants growth and thus lengthening their life cycle. Cold hardy to the low 20s.