Agave attenuata variegated forms Family: Agavaceae Common Name(s): Grown by: Bruce Peters, San Francisco Even the non-variegated form of this species is worth growing, but the variegated forms are even more worthwhile. It is a spineless agave that forms a small trunk for many,many years before it blooms and dies. The regular species develops a trunk about 5 feet tall, but the variegated forms probably develop only a trunk a foot or two high. Bruce says the variegated ones are growing much slower than his regular one. They can take full sun near the coast but the vast expanses on the yellow-variegated one will burn with too much hot sun so a little midday and afternoon is best, They are drought tolerant, but are not very frost tolerant, and will suffer in the upper 30s. Photo by Steve Morse