According to the zoo, the agave's main rosette will die and leave behind "pups," or clone offshoots at its base, which could ...

Agave rosettes are typical of the genus, and the species vary in overall sizes, leaf shapes and coloration, and marginal and terminal spines. There are even a few spineless agave species.

When an Agave plant becomes sufficiently mature, its rosette generates a striking flower stalk that emerges from the center ...

Agave multifilifera The look: A medium-size species that grows in a single rosette with 200 or more leaves. It has a noticeable trunk when mature and can spread 5 feet wide.

• Size: Agave rosettes range greatly in size. The smallest is the Smallflower Century Plant, also called the Santa Cruz Striped Agave (A. parviflora), ...

The rosette of the Arroqueños agave can reach to 6 feet. Avg. adult height: 5’ 5” (165.39 cm) piña or cabeza. stem and leaf base. The piña is the heart of the agave.

The architectural quality of the flat, semi-evergreen rosette adds interest to the sun garden. Each glossy dark-green leaf is about 16 to 24 inches long, sword-shaped with a sharply toothed edge.

These rustic distilleries are nestled among fields of corn and neatly planted rows of agave, a rosette plant with spiny, blue-green leaves that can grow up to 2.5-metres high.

According to the zoo, the agave's main rosette will die and leave behind "pups," or clone offshoots at its base, which could ...