Agave desmettiana Desert Sunset White Garden Jane went to school

Jane went to school

This easy to grow groundcover forms a fabulous 1' tall slowly-widening patch

Each leaf is edged with a wide green border that ages to gold

but it makes a perfect large container plant for gardeners in the northern states

it makes a great spectator event as dusk approaches

Agave desmettiana Desert Sunset White Garden Jane went to schoolThe year was 2008 I was walking through the Home Depot parking lot in Phoenix, Arizona, gazing at the median strip plantings of yellow edged Agave desmettiana, when I spied one plant that stood out from the others. The mutated plant had much wider than normal golden yellow margins surrounding each soft, fleshy green leaf. I returned home with a pup which produced a slowly offsetting specimen to 3' tall x 3' wide that we are pleased to finally