False Agave is an excellent plant for enriching your landscape. Along with being an impressive focal point like other Agaves, this one has the bonus of having no spines. False agave are beyond easy to grow, requiring no maintenance and they are drought tolerant.
How to care for False Agave
Light. Grows in full sun or light shade.
Water. Water occasionally while it roots in. After that it needs little water and handles drought well.
Soil and feeding. It tolerates poor, infertile and shallow soils, as long as they drain well. Avoid low spots that stay wet.
Size. Grows to about 5 ft tall as a rosette of long leaves, spreading up to about 8 ft wide. It grows slowly.
Pruning. Each rosette flowers once, on a stalk that can reach about 25 ft, and then dies. Small plantlets form on that stalk; cut the stalk down before they drop to keep it from spreading.
Good to know. New plants also come up as suckers from the base. It suits rock gardens, large containers and spots that need a single bold focal plant.
Sources: NParks Flora & Fauna Web: Furcraea foetida 'Striata'
