Garden Pictures Pictures of Agave (4 photos)

Hi, I purchased one of these plants this year. I was wondering If you are going to leave yours outdoor during the winter months?

well to be honest i am not sure either, someone gave it to me this summer so i have taken loads of cuttings, i have some in a cold frame, one in the pourch and one in the house, but i think i am going to risk leaving the big one outside, because it is quite big and very sharp and i have a 2 year old hooligan! so i am kind of covering all angles really. do you know exactly what it is? i am thinking aloe, but not sure would be good to know the variety ect.

Your plant is an Agave. In Mexico they make a distilled spirit from the juice called Mezcal. Tequila is made out of the juice from the blue Agave. I have often wondered what Tequila tastes like, have you ever tasted it?

I have two of these plants. Although I didn't know what they were called I took a chance and left them outside in the ground. The person I got these two beauties from has several which are over five feet tall. One of mine has had babies, and the babies are growing about three feet from the parent plant. I was told by the fellow I got mine from that they were called Texas Corn Plants, but, I'm not sure. I would like to know their proper name though.