| Description: This long-lived accent plant grows slowly to form a dense rosette of silver-blue foliage, to 4- 5 feet tall and wide. Desert Spoon develops a stout, short trunk with leathery leaves that have teeth along the margins. The spoon-shaped base gives this plant its name. The Desert Spoon plant will eventually produce a narrow, tall spike of small tan flowers. The flower spike can reach a height of 10 to 15 feet. Desert Spoon is native at elevations from 3000 to 6000 feet in southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, west Texas and Mexico.
Maintenance: Desert Spoon thrives in full sun and reflected heat and even tolerates some shade and humidity if drainage is adequate. This accent plant requires very little water and looks good year round. |
