Agave potatorum- offsetting Agave atrovirens do well at

Agave atrovirens do well at sea level in California

treat like a California native to get these agaves well established by avoiding excessive irrigation in the summer months

Despite their high-altitude origins

one a smaller more spoon shaped leaf plant that offsets

Agave potatorum- offsetting Agave atrovirens do well atAgave potatorum can be found widely throughout southern Puebla and Oaxaca between 4000' 7500', typically in sloping pine oak woodland. The Nahuatl name, which is the language of the Aztecs, was Papalometl, meaning 'Butterfly'. I always liked this name as the plants can look like a fluttering butterfly, if you look at it right. The botanical name comes from 'potator', meaning 'of the drinkers,' likely due to its usage for a special type of mescal