{"product_id":"agave-americana","title":"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\u003eCentury Plant - Agave americana\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgave americana\u003c\/em\u003e is the big blue grey agave that anchors dry gardens across southern Australia: leaves well over a metre long, recurving outward, edged with hooked spines and finished with a hard dagger point. It asks for nothing beyond sun and drainage and it holds its shape through drought, salt wind and neglect. The armament is real though, and where it goes in the garden matters as much as whether it goes in at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Century Plant\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Grey Architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e: The colour and the hard geometric rosette read strongly against render, stone and gravel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSevere Drought Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Established plants survive entire dry summers with no irrigation at all.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Salt laden wind and sandy soil suit it, where softer feature plants burn and thin.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrost Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: More cold hardy than most large succulents, which extends its range well inland.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMonocarpic Life Cycle\u003c\/strong\u003e: After a decade or more it throws a flowering mast several metres high, sets seed and dies, leaving a ring of offsets behind.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDry Gravel Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: The defining plant of a waterwise scheme built around stone, gravel and succulents.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Cliff and Verge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Holds exposed, poor, salty positions that will not support much else.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSet Back Architectural Bed\u003c\/strong\u003e: Best positioned behind a low wall or a metre of gravel, away from foot traffic.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDry Erosion Prone Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e: The heavy fibrous root system binds loose slopes in low rainfall districts.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 2.5m when mass planted\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring and autumn\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sharply drained sandy, gravelly or rocky ground; poor soil is fine, but wet heavy clay will rot the crown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water monthly through the first summer only, then leave it entirely to rainfall. Site it at least a metre back from paths, driveways, play areas and pool surrounds because the terminal spines can cause deep puncture wounds and the sap irritates skin. Remove basal pups as they appear, and avoid planting adjacent to bushland reserves, as this species has naturalised in parts of southern Australia.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m of foliage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\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 Yellow, once at the end of the plant's life\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795333579038,"sku":"ND-0063-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/MCsj3wxjDFqynXo-dlpIK_led1rOb6.jpg?v=1787313538","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/agave-americana","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}