{"product_id":"agave-americana-white","title":"White Century Plant - Agave americana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhite Century Plant - Agave americana\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew plants hold a shape as absolutely as this one. \u003cem\u003eAgave americana\u003c\/em\u003e builds a wide open rosette of thick, chalky grey blue leaves with a powdery white bloom on the surface, each leaf arching out and up and finishing in a hard point. It is grown in Australia less as a curiosity than as a working landscape plant: it takes coastal salt, reflected heat off paving, thin soil and long dry spells, and it looks exactly the same in February as it does in July.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy White Century Plant\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeaf Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pale grey blue with a waxy white surface bloom that lifts a dark planting bed or a shaded courtyard wall.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrought Endurance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Water is stored in the leaves, so mature plants go months without rain and show no stress.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Salt wind and sandy soil suit it, and it is a long standing feature of exposed Australian coastal gardens.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZero Seasonal Work\u003c\/strong\u003e: No pruning, no feeding and no deadheading. Old lower leaves are simply cut off at the base every few years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandling Safety\u003c\/strong\u003e: The leaf tips are genuinely sharp and each leaf carries a terminal spine with hooked teeth along both margins, so keep it back from paths, seating, play areas and pool edges, or trim the terminal spines where people pass close. Wear gloves and eye protection when handling or trimming.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSiting note\u003c\/strong\u003e: This species has naturalised in parts of southern Australia, so avoid planting adjacent to bushland reserves and remove pups as they appear.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal and Dune Style Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reads correctly alongside coastal rosemary, westringia and native grasses.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedian and Roundabout Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Survives unirrigated civic conditions that kill almost everything ornamental.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRockery Anchor\u003c\/strong\u003e: The scale it brings to a rock and gravel garden cannot be matched by a shrub.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCourtyard Sculpture\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single plant in a wide low bowl against a rendered wall works as a piece of built form.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e Not used as a hedge. As a barrier row, 2 to 2.5m apart.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3m, allowing for the full mature spread.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring to early autumn.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coarse, gritty and fast draining. On clay it must be raised or mounded, and winter wet is the one thing that will kill it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e A single deep watering at planting and one more a month later through the first warm season is sufficient. Dress the surface with gravel rather than bark, and never let mulch or soil bank up against the crown.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 to 2m as a rosette. A flower spike of 6 to 8m appears once, after many years, and the rosette then dies leaving offsets.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Slow\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen succulent\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mexico\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Greenish yellow, once only\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":59795364118814,"sku":"ND-0068-100L","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/eZlKEy9up1Ci2_OS4s9jK_665NCXsi.jpg?v=1787314253","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/agave-americana-white","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}