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Agave Americana Variegata

✔️ Healthy Arrival Guarantee — free replacement if damaged

✔️ Professionally Packaged for Safe Delivery and Easy Planting
✔️ Care Support Included— real experts
✔️ FREE Shipping (1–2 business days from our Arizona nursery)

 

⭐️"Beautiful plant and well packaged. No damage.Thank you!"

⭐️"Plants arrived on time, with excellent packing, in great shape. First time buyer, will be back for additional purchases."

 

Why Customers Love the Variegated Century Plant

 

Bold blue-green leaves with bright yellow variegation
Large, architectural rosette
Cold hardy to ~15°F
Extremely drought tolerant & low maintenance
Perfect focal plant for landscapes or patios

 

Variegated Century Plant 🌵

(Agave americana variegata)


A Bold, Low-Maintenance Statement Agave

 

The Variegated Century Plant is a dramatic and instantly recognizable agave prized for its wide blue-green leaves accented with bold yellow striping. A cultivated form of Agave americana, this striking plant has been grown for generations for its architectural beauty, toughness, and adaptability.

 

With its commanding size and minimal care requirements, this agave is an ideal focal point for xeriscapes, desert landscapes, and large containers.

 

🌵 Key Features & Growing Habits

 

Eye-Catching Variegated Foliage 🎨
Thick, spiky leaves display dramatic yellow striping against blue-green foliage, creating strong contrast and year-round visual interest. Its bold form adds instant structure to any outdoor space.

 

Impressive Size & Presence 📏
Mature size: up to 6 ft tall × 6 ft wide
This makes it an excellent anchor plant or centerpiece in larger gardens and desert-inspired landscapes.

 

Cold Hardy & Resilient ❄️
Performs well in USDA zones 7b–11 and can tolerate temperatures down to approximately 15°F, provided it is grown in well-draining soil and protected from excess winter moisture.

 

Low-Water & Low-Maintenance 💧
Once established, the Variegated Century Plant requires very little water or care—making it ideal for xeriscaping, rock gardens, and drought-tolerant designs.

 

🌿 Versatile Landscaping Uses

 

🏡 Accent & Focal Planting
Use as a dramatic statement plant in garden beds, desert landscapes, or modern designs.

 

🪴 Large Container Gardening
Can be grown in large containers, making it a flexible option for patios, entryways, and courtyards.

 

🏜️ Drought-Tolerant & Xeriscape Gardens
Thrives in hot, arid environments with minimal irrigation.

 

🚚 Why Buy from The Cactus Outlet

 

📦 Carefully Shipped, Ready to Plant


Each Variegated Century Plant is hand-selected, professionally wrapped, and securely packaged to arrive in pristine condition.


All orders include planting, watering, and general care instructions for easy, stress-free planting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Ideas with Agaves:

Design Ideas with Agaves:

Agaves are a strikingly diverse group of plants, offering a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors to enhance both indoor and outdoor spaces. From compact, sculptural varieties like Agave victoria-reginae to large, dramatic specimens such as Agave americana variegata, there’s an agave for every setting.

These versatile plants thrive in containers or landscape plantings—provided the climate is suitable. In the garden, group small to mid-sized agaves together for texture and contrast, or use larger agaves as bold, architectural focal points. The same principles work beautifully for container gardening: mix various sizes and forms in stylish pots to create a dynamic, artistic display for patios, entryways, or interior spaces.

With their dramatic lines, low maintenance needs, and sculptural appeal, agaves bring both structure and beauty to any design.

Agaves are a strikingly diverse group of plants, offering a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors to enhance both indoor and outdoor spaces. From compact, sculptural varieties like Agave victoria-reginae to large, dramatic specimens such as Agave americana variegata, there’s an agave for every setting.

These versatile plants thrive in containers or landscape plantings—provided the climate is suitable. In the garden, group small to mid-sized agaves together for texture and contrast, or use larger agaves as bold, architectural focal points. The same principles work beautifully for container gardening: mix various sizes and forms in stylish pots to create a dynamic, artistic display for patios, entryways, or interior spaces.

With their dramatic lines, low maintenance needs, and sculptural appeal, agaves bring both structure and beauty to any design.

Design Ideas with Agaves:

Design Ideas with Agaves:

Agaves are a strikingly diverse group of plants, offering a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors to enhance both indoor and outdoor spaces. From compact, sculptural varieties like Agave victoria-reginae to large, dramatic specimens such as Agave americana variegata, there’s an agave for every setting.

These versatile plants thrive in containers or landscape plantings—provided the climate is suitable. In the garden, group small to mid-sized agaves together for texture and contrast, or use larger agaves as bold, architectural focal points. The same principles work beautifully for container gardening: mix various sizes and forms in stylish pots to create a dynamic, artistic display for patios, entryways, or interior spaces.

With their dramatic lines, low maintenance needs, and sculptural appeal, agaves bring both structure and beauty to any design.

Agaves are a strikingly diverse group of plants, offering a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors to enhance both indoor and outdoor spaces. From compact, sculptural varieties like Agave victoria-reginae to large, dramatic specimens such as Agave americana variegata, there’s an agave for every setting.

These versatile plants thrive in containers or landscape plantings—provided the climate is suitable. In the garden, group small to mid-sized agaves together for texture and contrast, or use larger agaves as bold, architectural focal points. The same principles work beautifully for container gardening: mix various sizes and forms in stylish pots to create a dynamic, artistic display for patios, entryways, or interior spaces.

With their dramatic lines, low maintenance needs, and sculptural appeal, agaves bring both structure and beauty to any design.

Why Choose Our Agaves?

Why Choose Our Agaves?

Our agaves are grown outdoors in their native habitat—right here in Southern Arizona. Cultivated with the perfect balance of sun, water, and nutrients, these plants develop naturally in real-world conditions—not in a greenhouse. That means what you receive is a hardy, resilient agave, already adapted to thrive in a wide range of environments.

These agaves look just as they do in the wild—strong, healthy, and true to form. You won’t need to acclimate them or worry about greenhouse shock.

Whether you're planting them in a sunroom, patio container, or directly into your landscape, our agaves are ready to go—immediately prepared to grow, thrive, and elevate your space with their bold, architectural beauty.

Our agaves are grown outdoors in their native habitat—right here in Southern Arizona. Cultivated with the perfect balance of sun, water, and nutrients, these plants develop naturally in real-world conditions—not in a greenhouse. That means what you receive is a hardy, resilient agave, already adapted to thrive in a wide range of environments.

These agaves look just as they do in the wild—strong, healthy, and true to form. You won’t need to acclimate them or worry about greenhouse shock.

Whether you're planting them in a sunroom, patio container, or directly into your landscape, our agaves are ready to go—immediately prepared to grow, thrive, and elevate your space with their bold, architectural beauty.

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Count On

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Count On

Free Shipping for all Orders!

We are dedicated to providing the healthiest cacti and succulents available—delivered safely right to your doorstep. With over 20 years of experience shipping plants nationwide, we’ve perfected packaging methods that minimize the risk of damage and ensure your plants arrive in excellent condition.

Every plant is carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and secured with tape to protect it throughout transit. We recommend keeping the wrapping on until your plant is settled in its final location; this extra layer safeguards both you and your plant during handling and planting.

All our plants are shipped bare root, making them easier to transport and ready for immediate planting in your home or garden.

Free Shipping for all Orders!

We are dedicated to providing the healthiest cacti and succulents available—delivered safely right to your doorstep. With over 20 years of experience shipping plants nationwide, we’ve perfected packaging methods that minimize the risk of damage and ensure your plants arrive in excellent condition.

Every plant is carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and secured with tape to protect it throughout transit. We recommend keeping the wrapping on until your plant is settled in its final location; this extra layer safeguards both you and your plant during handling and planting.

All our plants are shipped bare root, making them easier to transport and ready for immediate planting in your home or garden.

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Count On

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Count On

Free Shipping on all Orders!

We are dedicated to providing the healthiest cacti and succulents available—delivered safely right to your doorstep. With over 20 years of experience shipping plants nationwide, we’ve perfected packaging methods that minimize the risk of damage and ensure your plants arrive in excellent condition.

Every plant is carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and secured with tape to protect it throughout transit. We recommend keeping the wrapping on until your plant is settled in its final location; this extra layer safeguards both you and your plant during handling and planting.

All our plants are shipped bare root, making them easier to transport and ready for immediate planting in your home or garden.

Free Shipping on all Orders!

We are dedicated to providing the healthiest cacti and succulents available—delivered safely right to your doorstep. With over 20 years of experience shipping plants nationwide, we’ve perfected packaging methods that minimize the risk of damage and ensure your plants arrive in excellent condition.

Every plant is carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and secured with tape to protect it throughout transit. We recommend keeping the wrapping on until your plant is settled in its final location; this extra layer safeguards both you and your plant during handling and planting.

All our plants are shipped bare root, making them easier to transport and ready for immediate planting in your home or garden.

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