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Products > Agave schidigera 'Durango Delight'   Agave schidigera 'Durango Delight' - Thread-leaf Agave      Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Agavaceae (Agaves) 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 Drought Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F May be Poisonous  (More Info): Yes Agave schidigera 'Durango Delight' (Thread-leaf Agave) - A showy slow-growing century plant with a solitary rosette to 1 foot tall by 18 inches wide rosette with dark green leaves with a sharp terminal spine and having margins with curly white hairs. When 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 was grown from seed collected by Greg Starr on Mexico highway 40 which is also known as the Mazatlan-Durango highway. 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 from which it differs by being solitary, typically having longer more flexible leaves that are not thickened toward the base and larger flowers. Agave filifera is schidigera is found in the wild from Chihuahua south to Michoacán and east to San Luis Pososí, Zacatecas and Durango.  The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery, in our own garden and in other gardens in the Santa Barbara area. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information about this plant, even if they disagree with what we have written.     [MORE INFO]