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Agave Shark Skin
Agave Shark Skin
Agave Shark Skin
Agave Shark Skin
Agave Shark Skin

Agave Shark Skin

$109.00 - $275.00

✔️ 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)

 

Why Customers Love Agave Shark Skin

• Bold, textured leaves with a distinctive “shark skin” surface
• Rich blue-gray coloring with dramatic contrast
• Compact, symmetrical, architectural rosette
• Drought tolerant, cold hardy & low maintenance
• Perfect for containers, courtyards, and modern landscapes

 

Agave Shark Skin 🌵🦈

New to The Cactus Outlet — Spring 2026!

 

A Bold, Textured Statement for Modern Landscapes

 

For collectors and design-forward gardeners, Agave Shark Skin delivers unforgettable texture and structure. Named for its uniquely rough, matte leaf surface, this striking agave stands out with its cool blue-gray tones and sculptural symmetry.

 

Strong, architectural, and effortlessly modern, Shark Skin offers year-round presence—making it a standout focal point in both residential and commercial landscapes.

 

🌵 Key Features & Growing Habits

 

Distinctive Texture & Color 🌿

 

Agave Shark Skin forms a dense, symmetrical rosette of thick, broad leaves with a rugged, matte finish that resembles shark skin. Its rich blue-gray coloration creates bold contrast against gravel, stone, concrete, and desert plantings.

 

The heavily textured foliage gives this agave a powerful, sculptural look that commands attention from every angle.  Agave Shark Skin is a cultivated hybrid agave derived from a cross of Agave nickelsiae and Agave scabra.   

 

Compact, Architectural Size 📏

• Mature size: approx. 2–3 ft tall × 2–3 ft wide
• Our 5-gallon plants: averaging 10" across × 10" tall

 

Its balanced proportions make Shark Skin ideal for containers, entryways, patios, and smaller landscape spaces where strong form and texture matter.

 

Cold Hardy & Drought Tolerant ❄️☀️

 

Agave Shark Skin combines excellent drought tolerance with notable cold hardiness. Once established in well-draining soil, it can tolerate temperatures down to approximately 15°F.

 

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 8–11
• Suitable for year-round outdoor planting in many mild-winter and desert climates

 

As with most agaves, dry winter conditions and proper drainage are essential for optimal cold performance.

 

Low Maintenance & Designer-Friendly 💧

 

Shark Skin thrives in full sun to partial sun with excellent drainage. Minimal care is required to maintain its bold structure and color, making it an exceptional choice for collectors, homeowners, and landscape professionals alike.

 

🌿 Perfect for Many Uses

 

🪴 Container & Feature Planting
A dramatic focal point for decorative pots, entryways, patios, and courtyard gardens.

 

🪨 Modern & Architectural Landscapes
Pairs beautifully with stone, steel, concrete, and minimalist planting designs.

 

🌞 Xeriscaping & Collector Gardens
Adds strong texture and year-round interest to water-wise landscapes and specialty agave collections.

 

🚚 Why Choose The Cactus Outlet

 

📦 Carefully Shipped

Each Agave Shark Skin is hand-selected and professionally packaged to ensure it arrives healthy, vibrant, and ready to thrive. Planting, watering, and care instructions are included.

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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