Agave americana Fred Heutte and the eye

and the eye

The genus name comes from the Greek for good name

and made the bark a favorite of Native peoples for cordage

Give room for an upright

understory shrub of rich eastern woodlands

Agave americana Fred Heutte and the eyeThe century plant is the great architectural agave, a broad rosette of thick, gray green, spine tipped leaves that can spread six to eight feet across, each leaf edged with hooked teeth and ending in a hard dark spine. The form is bold and symmetrical, a piece of living sculpture for a hot, dry corner, and the silver cast of the foliage carries the planting through every season. Few plants have served people longer. Native to Mexico and the warm