Green Giant AgaveThe Largest Agave You Can Grow in Phoenix A True Desert Giant Green Giant Agave (Agave salmiana 'Green Giant') is the most massive agave available for Phoenix area landscapes, growing to a staggering 68 feet tall and 810 feet wide at maturity. Its enormous, thick green leaves arch gracefully outward, creating a monumental focal point that transforms any garden into a desert showpiece. Whether you're filling a large commercial landscape in Scottsdale,

Run for 15–20 minutes per session

and big desert beds where its 6 to 10 foot clump and towering bloom stalks have room to perform on almost no water

Indoors it sails through summer in air conditioning with almost no water

foundations

infrequent cycles that wet soil 18–24 inches

a flowering desert focal point in Chandler

Is Red Canna Lily Right for Your Yard

use 5 feet

Green Hopseed Bush: a fast evergreen screen that fills in while the slow Ebony matures

Best Time to Plant Red Bird of Paradise in Phoenix

deep and slow (20–30 min)

it can survive on natural rainfall in Phoenix with only occasional supplemental irrigation during extreme heat events