Dasylirion Serratifolium
Common name: Tehuizote.
This is an evergreen plant with a round crown and a thick stalk, often branched from the base, reaching up to 2m in height. It has long leaves (a little more than 1m long), of a green-blue colour with irregular thorns on the edges and a tuft of white fibers on the tip. The small cream flowers appear on large panicles (up to 4m tall) above the leaves, at the beginning of summer. There are male and female plants which grow very slowly.
Origin: Mexico and Arizona.
Temperature: Up to around -8 ºC.
Little water. Sun.