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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Green Yellow |
| Bloomtime: Infrequent |
| Parentage: [Agave FO-76 Selection, A. titanota?] |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Agave oteroi 'Kyoto' (Japanese Fishhook Agave) – A small agave that grows slowly to about 8 inches tall and a foot wide but can be kept considerably smaller when grown in a small pot. It has broad short, gray-green leaves with a reddish-brown terminal spine and long narrow wavy recurved teeth along the leaf margins that emerge a golden color and age to a gray white. The cartilaginous leaf margins themselves age to the same color as the spines, which gives this plant a very distinctive look. Plant in full to part sun along the coast but give some protection from afternoon sun in hot interior gardens. It has proven cold hardy to 20 F and may tolerate even colder temperatures. This is a nice plant for a small spot in the garden or as a potted specimen. The origin of this Agave oteroi clone is a bit murky but we have built up stock on it by coring a plant we purchased from Guy Wrinkle-Exotic Plants in 2009. Given its cultivar name (Kyoto is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture on the main island of Honshu in Japan), our best guess is that it originated as a seedling in Japan from the Sierra Mixteca Agave, which for years circulated as Agave sp. FO-076, Agave titanota "Sierra Mixteca" with the Felipe Otero collection designation FO-076 and was later described as Agave oteroi by Greg Starr and Tristan Davis in the Summer 2019 issue of Cactus and Succulent Journal (Vol. 91 N. 2), making this plant's official name Agave oteroi 'Kyoto'.
This information about Agave oteroi 'Kyoto' 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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