Butterfly AgavePhoenix's Most Elegant Compact Agave for Patios & Desert Gardens Butterfly Agave (Agave potatorum) is one of the most beautiful small agaves you can grow in the Phoenix Valley. Its wide, spoon shaped leaves in silvery blue green form a perfectly rounded rosette accented by soft reddish brown terminal spines that look like delicate finials. Compact enough for containers yet bold enough to anchor a garden bed, Butterfly Agave brings refined elegance to

Mature specimens push tall creamy-white flower spikes from the center of the rosette

The warm soil encourages root establishment while cooler air temperatures reduce transplant stress

Hard freezes below about 25°F can damage stems and tender new growth

'Smoothie' is a thornless selection with all the same golden-yellow blooms and drought tolerance

or beside driveways where you want year-round texture and seasonal color with no irrigation once established

Sonoran Emerald is an excellent fit for full-sun and reflected-heat sites with well-drained soil where you want a fast

Standing water will rot agave roots fast

What's the difference between Yellow Bells bush and staked

so it is grown as a specimen rather than a hedge

Totem Pole Minor is a compact sculptural specimen rather than a hedge plant

Green Hopseed: fast evergreen backdrop that thickens the lower screen below the Texas Olive canopy

What's the difference between Green Desert Spoon and regular Desert Spoon