Blue Agave (Agave tequilana): Native Area, Characteristics & Cultivation
All 270 acknowledge species of the agave are identified by the leathery leaves that swirl around a central kernel in a russet scab formation . The leaf rise from a minimum of 6 to up to 20 inches in duration , and the edges are rimmed with teeth . They maturate in eight to 10 years and then only once ; the bloom saps the flora of its energy before dying ....