{"product_id":"agave-desmettiana","title":"Smooth Agave - Agave desmettiana","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\u003eSmooth Agave - Agave desmettiana\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Smooth Agave is the one to use where a large agave is wanted but sharp spines are a problem. \u003cem\u003eAgave desmettiana\u003c\/em\u003e has soft, arching, almost spineless leaves in a graceful urn-shaped rosette, quite unlike the rigid armed rosettes of the century plants, so it can sit beside a path or a pool without being a hazard. It also grows quickly by agave standards, filling a bed in a few years rather than a decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Smooth Agave\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft Leaves\u003c\/strong\u003e: Only fine marginal teeth and a soft tip, making it far safer near paths, pools and seating.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUrn Shape\u003c\/strong\u003e: Leaves curve upward and outward into a vase form rather than lying flat, giving height in a bed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFast Establishment\u003c\/strong\u003e: One of the quicker agaves, so plantings look complete sooner.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOffsets Freely\u003c\/strong\u003e: Produces pups around the base, which replace the parent rosette after it flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tolerates salt wind and sandy soil in front-line coastal gardens.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoolside Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: The lack of hard spines makes it one of the few large agaves suitable near water and bare feet.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMassed Beds\u003c\/strong\u003e: Repeated through gravel it gives a strong sculptural pattern on no irrigation.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeature Pot\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single rosette in a tall pot is a standard modern courtyard treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Frontage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Handles wind, salt and sand where most feature plants burn.\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 a screening plant. Massed at 1 to 1.2m between rosettes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m as repeated accents.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring and summer, while soil is warm.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free-draining sandy or gravelly soil. It is more frost tender than most agaves, so avoid cold frost hollows in inland districts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water fortnightly through the first warm season, then rely on rainfall. Mulch with gravel rather than bark, and be aware that the rosette flowers once at around eight to ten years, sends up a tall stalk, then dies back while the surrounding pups carry the planting on.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 to 1.2m\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 to 1.2m\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast for an agave\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to part shade\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mexico\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yellow, on a tall stalk produced once at the end of the rosette's life\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":59795348619550,"sku":"ND-0073-45L","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/TqmC2Is5_MkkqcJkg7xWS_InuggmHt.jpg?v=1787313920","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/agave-desmettiana","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}