Agave lechuguilla Big Bend National Park Cold Hardy

Often called Shindagger, this endemic indicator plant for the Chihuahuan Desert, has downward hooked spines, yellow-green leaves, and clumps freely. It is very cold hardy, as it is growing outside here in Las Vegas, where the winter night time temperatures regularly drop below freezing. Reflective light is better in the hot summer sun of the desert. The leaves turn yellow in extreme desert sunlight; green if slightly shaded. You are selecting a 10-12 inch plant.