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Agave univittata ‘Splendida’
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Supplied in 400mm
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
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Agave univittata ‘Splendida’
Once listed as Agave lophantha, this is a small upright agave with narrow leaves banded down the centre by a pale lime to yellow stripe and edged in fine dark teeth. ‘Splendida’ suckers steadily to build a dense colony, so a handful of plants will read as a continuous textured mass within a few seasons rather than a scatter of individuals. It takes more frost and more shade than most agaves of its size.
Why Agave univittata ‘Splendida’
Central stripe: A pale band runs the length of each dark leaf, giving fine linear detail at close range.
Colonising habit: It fills a bed by suckering, which suits mass planting far better than solitary agaves.
Small footprint: Individual rosettes stay under 600mm tall, so it fits narrow strips and rockery pockets.
Frost tolerance: Handles light to moderate frost, extending its range well inland and into cooler southern gardens.
Shade tolerance: Performs in part shade where most agaves stretch and lose form.
Ideal Applications
Massed low water groundcover: Planted in drifts it forms a spiky evergreen carpet needing no irrigation.
Paving strips: Suits the narrow bed between a path and a fence where soil volume is limited.
Rockery pockets: Slots between stones and colonises the gaps over time.
Troughs and pots: Pups fill a container attractively and can be divided out for new plantings.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.5 to 0.7m for a solid mass
Spacing (feature/avenue): 0.9 to 1.2m
Best Planting Season: Spring to early autumn
Soil & Drainage: Free draining sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor ground but not winter wet
Establishment Care: Water fortnightly through the first warm season, then only in extended drought, and avoid organic mulch sitting against the rosettes. Keep plantings 300mm back from path edges, because the marginal teeth are small but sharp on bare legs.
Plant Details
Height: 0.4 to 0.6m
Width: 0.6 to 0.9m per rosette, spreading indefinitely by offsets
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen succulent
Light: Full sun to part shade
Native to: North eastern Mexico and southern Texas
Flower Colour: Yellow green, on a narrow spike 2 to 3.5m tall; the flowering rosette dies but the colony continues
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
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How It Works
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We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







