Agave Species, Cow's Horn Agave, Century Plant, Smooth Century Plant, Lechuguilla Verde (Agave bovicornuta)

Agave bovicornuta has the attractive red marginal thorns. This one is beginning it's final flowering in early Novemnber, late Fall, zone 9b.

by Xenomorf May 13, 2006 10:14 PM

zone 9a

by Xenomorf Nov 3, 2006 10:27 AM

Pasadena California in Huntington Botanical Gardens

by palmbob Feb 28, 2004 11:29 PM

San Diego County, California

by palmbob Jan 29, 2006 11:06 PM

Agave bovicornuta has the attractive red marginal thorns.

by Xenomorf May 13, 2006 10:14 PM

Starting it's bloom in late August, mid Fall, zone 9a

by Xenomorf Nov 3, 2006 10:28 AM

zone 9a

by Xenomorf Nov 3, 2006 10:29 AM

zone 9b

by Xenomorf Nov 3, 2006 10:30 AM

San Diego county plant in private garden.

by palmbob Feb 26, 2007 6:28 PM

Growing in zone 9b

by Xenomorf Apr 5, 2007 11:31 AM

Growing in zone 9b

by Xenomorf Apr 5, 2007 11:32 AM

The marginal thorn detail. Growing in zone 9b

by Xenomorf Apr 26, 2007 11:58 AM

very small seedling, not even bright green yet, southern California in winter

by palmbob Jan 29, 2008 5:13 AM

southern California

by palmbob Jun 19, 2008 6:53 AM

some nurseries realize this is a good landscape plant and produce these by the many hundreds

by palmbob Nov 13, 2008 3:24 PM

by palmbob Nov 13, 2008 3:25 PM

by Kell Nov 18, 2008 7:47 PM

by Kell Nov 18, 2008 7:47 PM

by Kell Nov 18, 2008 7:47 PM

by Kell Nov 18, 2008 7:47 PM

by Kell Nov 18, 2008 7:47 PM

obviously a lot of marginal tooth variation in this species judging from all the photos on this page

by palmbob May 18, 2009 5:51 AM

A recent purchase from Civano Nursery, Tucson, 9A.

by shabbyaby Jun 26, 2009 3:55 AM

mine is grown as a houseplant

by trinawitch Sep 10, 2009 6:26 PM

close up of those cool red teeth

by Oct 9, 2009 4:06 AM

Special blue form.

by Kell Oct 9, 2009 5:57 PM

by Kell Oct 9, 2009 5:57 PM

by Kell Oct 9, 2009 5:57 PM

by Kell Oct 9, 2009 5:57 PM

by QCHammy Aug 28, 2010 11:19 AM

flower spike in autumn, southern CAlifornia

by palmbob Oct 21, 2010 5:00 PM

Huntington Gardens, California autumn

by palmbob Oct 21, 2010 5:01 PM

blooming plant, not long for this world

by palmbob Oct 21, 2010 5:02 PM

by palmbob Oct 21, 2010 5:02 PM

by Jaimito Jan 23, 2011 5:04 PM

1 year agaves

by Jaimito Jan 23, 2011 5:06 PM

1 year agave

by Jaimito Jan 23, 2011 5:09 PM

by Jaimito Jan 23, 2011 5:10 PM

by Jaimito Jan 23, 2011 5:12 PM

May flower, Huntington Gardens, California

by palmbob May 13, 2011 12:30 PM

by palmbob May 13, 2011 12:31 PM

by palmbob May 13, 2011 12:32 PM

my young plant growing with little or no water in partially sun location in clay soil... southern California

by palmbob Jul 16, 2012 10:12 AM

by Kell Dec 20, 2013 1:08 AM

by Kell Dec 20, 2013 1:09 AM

Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in AZ.

by Kell Dec 28, 2017 8:16 AM

Variegated form. Copyright of, courtesy of Jeremy Spath, of Spath Gardens, for landscape design and installation in Southern Ca.http://spathgardens.com/

by Kell Jan 14, 2018 4:20 PM

A variegated form. Photo courtesy of Kelly Griffin. Copyright of Kelly Griffin.

by Kell May 2, 2018 12:00 PM