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Agave schottii 'Making Lemmons'
Mt. Lemmon Schott's Century Plant
Item #: 17776
Zones: 6a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Origin: Mexico, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(aka: Agave schottii CEH2265) Agave schottii 'Making Lemmons' is a Cody Hinchliff introduction from seed collected on Arizona's Mt. Lemmon, where it resides on dry desert shrub-filled hillsides, often in part sun, between 3,500 and 6,500' elevation. Each rosette is composed of rounded green leaves, with silver leaf markings, and sparse white hairs, but without much in the way of armaments other than a single terminal spine. The porcupine-like rosettes offset to form small colonies. Unlike many of the larger species, these usually flower at a much younger age. Unlike many century plants, which are used to make alcohol, Agave schottii is quite bitter, so it's relegated being used to make something to wash your mouth out...soap.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Agave
Flower Color: Yellow/Gold
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Spring
Garden Themes: Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Butterfly Attracting Plants , Edimentals , Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Dwarf Plants , Groundcovers , Pollinator Plants , North American Native Plants , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Tropical Looking Plants , Xeriscaping Plants , Colored Foliage , Patterned Foliage , United States Native Plants