The plant is extremely drought tolerant but does better with ample moisture. As plants get older, they produce stout trunks up to 5 ft. tall, and form clumps to 5 ft. across. Soft Leaved Agave is an excellent house plant for southern exposures. It lacks the spines that most Agaves have. Agave attenuata are propagated by removing suckers produced at the base of older plants.
Seeds germinate readily when they are fresh.
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