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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Variegated Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Green Yellow |
| Bloomtime: Infrequent |
| Synonyms: [Agave filifera ssp. schidigera] |
| Height: 1 foot |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Agave schidigera 'Durango Delight' (Thread-leaf Agave) - This Greg Starr introduction is a showy slow-growing century plant with a solitary rosette to 18 inches tall by 2 feet wide with dark green leaves with a sharp terminal spine having margins with curly white hairs. When the plant matures it can produce red-purple buds and greenish flowers on a 10 foot spike. Plant in full sun, except in hotter inland gardens where light shade or morning sun is best, in a well-drained soil with occasional irrigation in late spring and summer. Hardy to around 15°F. This selection was selected for its dense, symmetrical form. It is an excellent small agave for in the garden or as a specimen container plant. It was grown from seed collected by Greg Starr on Mexico highway 40, also known as the Mazatlan-Durango highway. This species is found in the wild from Chihuahua south to Michoacán and east to San Luis Pososí, Zacatecas and Durango. Since we received this plant as an Agave schidigera cultivar we list it this way but note that Howard Scott Gentry was skeptical of Agave schidigera being a valid species when he wrote about it in his “Agaves of Continental North America” and in recent treatments by Bernd Ullrich and Joachim Thiede it has been reduced to subspecies status under Agave filifera (as Agave filifera ssp. schidigera) from which it differs by being solitary, typically having longer more flexible leaves that are not thickened toward the base and larger flowers.
This information about Agave schidigera 'Durango Delight' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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