Thorncrest century plant not-blooming Spring (Feb–Apr): Cheerful yellow-orange flowers

Spring (Feb–Apr): Cheerful yellow-orange flowers open and the mound flushes with new growth

Claret Cup: a hardy hedgehog with scarlet flowers that extends the spring color show

Soft Tip Yucca

and also tolerates partial shade better than most agaves

Foliage Evergreen — thick bluish-green ribbed trunk year-round Bloom Season Spring — white nocturnal flowers along stem tips Native Region Baja California and northwestern Mexico Cardon Cactus Uses in Phoenix Landscapes

Thorncrest century plant not-blooming Spring (Feb–Apr): Cheerful yellow-orange flowersThe Thorncrest Century Plant A Bold Desert Statement for Phoenix Yards Thorncrest Century Plant (Agave americana 'Thorncrest') is one of the most architecturally striking agaves you can plant in the Phoenix Valley. This compact cultivar of the classic Century Plant forms a dense, symmetrical rosette of thick blue gray leaves edged with prominent reddish brown teeth and a sharp terminal spine. Growing 34 feet tall and 45 feet wide, it delivers the