Agave Lophantha

A colourful and eye-catching Agave from Texas and Mexico where it grows on sandy hills and limestone formations. A variable species, it has leaves with longitudinal stripes in contrasting bright shades of yellow, light and dark green, best maintained in full sunshine.

Undemanding and super-easy to care for, it can be grown in the bright conservatory or in a sunny corner of the garden where, if kept quite dry over the winter, it should tolerate -7c. In hot, dry weather additional water will maximise growth, and new plants can be propagated from offsets.