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A close-up of Agave macroacantha, a green succulent with thick pointed leaves and black spines, in a square pot with light rocks.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha succulent with blue-green pointed leaves edged in white spines and dark tips, set in light gravel.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha with thick, pointed green leaves and small spines, set among light-colored rocks and other potted plants.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha, a unique succulent plant featuring sharp black spines and blue-green leaves.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha, a potted succulent with thick, pointed green leaves and small spines, in gravel with similar plants nearby.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha, a succulent with thick green leaves and black spines, in a square pot with light gravel among other plants.
A small Agave macroacantha with pointed blue-green leaves in a square gravel-filled pot, surrounded by other potted succulents.
Agave macroacantha, a small blue-green succulent with black tips, sits in a square pot of light gravel with other succulents behind.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha succulent with thick blue-green leaves and black spines in a pot of light rocks, other succulents behind.
Agave macroacantha with thick green leaves and dark spines in a square pot with light gravel, surrounded by flowering succulents.
Top view of Agave macroacantha, a succulent with thick, pointed green leaves edged in black spines, in tan gravel with plants nearby.
A close-up of Agave macroacantha, a green succulent with thick pointed leaves and black spines, in a square pot with light rocks.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha succulent with blue-green pointed leaves edged in white spines and dark tips, set in light gravel.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha with thick, pointed green leaves and small spines, set among light-colored rocks and other potted plants.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha, a unique succulent plant featuring sharp black spines and blue-green leaves.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha, a potted succulent with thick, pointed green leaves and small spines, in gravel with similar plants nearby.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha, a succulent with thick green leaves and black spines, in a square pot with light gravel among other plants.
A small Agave macroacantha with pointed blue-green leaves in a square gravel-filled pot, surrounded by other potted succulents.
Agave macroacantha, a small blue-green succulent with black tips, sits in a square pot of light gravel with other succulents behind.
Close-up of Agave macroacantha succulent with thick blue-green leaves and black spines in a pot of light rocks, other succulents behind.
Agave macroacantha with thick green leaves and dark spines in a square pot with light gravel, surrounded by flowering succulents.
Top view of Agave macroacantha, a succulent with thick, pointed green leaves edged in black spines, in tan gravel with plants nearby.

Agave macroacantha, is also known as the black-spined agave or large-thorned agave, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae naturally occurring in Oaxaca and also near the town of Tehuacan in the State of Puebla, Mexico.
Agave macroacantha produces a medium-sized leaf rosette that can be basal or can grow on a very short stem. Leaves are succulent, greyish green and up to 1.8 feet long at a maximum, ending in sharp black spines that are up to 1.2 inches long at the tips. Flowers are small, grey and red, growing in bunches on sturdy stems of up to 3 m (10 feet) in height.
Cultivation
The plant prefers a dry, sunny and hot location for summer and from early autumn onwards a cooler, well-lit space. It likes regular watering in summer and only minimum watering in winter, and will fare well in a large pot with sparse, gravelly soil.
In the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.


Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Mid fallearly winter

Flower Color

Chartreuse (yellowgreen)

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Hardiness Zone

9a to 9b

Mature Size

1836 in.

Resistance

6°c

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
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Agave macroacantha

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Agave macroacantha, is also known as the black-spined agave or large-thorned agave, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae naturally occurring in Oaxaca and also near the town of Tehuacan in the State of Puebla, Mexico.
Agave macroacantha produces a medium-sized leaf rosette that can be basal or can grow on a very short stem. Leaves are succulent, greyish green and up to 1.8 feet long at a maximum, ending in sharp black spines that are up to 1.2 inches long at the tips. Flowers are small, grey and red, growing in bunches on sturdy stems of up to 3 m (10 feet) in height.
Cultivation
The plant prefers a dry, sunny and hot location for summer and from early autumn onwards a cooler, well-lit space. It likes regular watering in summer and only minimum watering in winter, and will fare well in a large pot with sparse, gravelly soil.
In the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.


Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Mid fallearly winter

Flower Color

Chartreuse (yellowgreen)

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Hardiness Zone

9a to 9b

Mature Size

1836 in.

Resistance

6°c

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
Attribute Value
Bloom Season Mid fallearly winter
Botanical Name Agave macroacantha
Common Name Blackspined agave
Dormancy Winter
Family Asparagaceae
Flower Color Chartreuse (yellowgreen)
Genus Agave
Growth Habit Rosettes
Growth Rate Slow growth
Hardiness Zone 9a to 9b
Mature Size 1836 in.
Native Area Mexico
Resistance 6°c
Sun Exposure Full sun (6+ hrs.), Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)

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