Succulents, Yellow Tongues & Agaves

From 50cm to 150cm. The agaves are 50cm and 60cm, the yucca grass comes at 75cm and 115cm, the yellow tongue and sansevieria forms run 60cm, 85cm, 90cm and 100cm, and the bird of paradise is available at 110cm with red flowers and at 150cm. The trailing string of pearls at 75cm is the only non-upright piece.

Yes. What matters more with a fake agave than the wording is the leaf thickness, because an agave leaf is rigid and tapers to a stiff point, and a thin moulded version flops and immediately looks wrong. Both agaves here are built with the rigidity in the leaf so the rosette holds its spread without support.

No. The 50cm agave is supplied without a pot, which makes it useful for dropping into an existing planter or a garden bed where the surrounding material hides the base. The 60cm agave and the potted yucca grass options do include their vessel. Empty vessels are in planters.

Yellow tongue is one of the common Australian names for sansevieria, the same plant sold as snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue, named for the pale margin running down the edge of the blade. This page carries the yellow tongue forms at 60cm and 100cm among a broader mix. For the full depth of heights in that one species, see artificial snake plants.

The UV-resistant products in the range are built for it, including the agave at 50cm, the yucca grass at 75cm and 115cm and the sansevieria forms. UVTex inhibitors are bonded within the leaf on those products rather than sprayed on, which is what holds the colour through a full summer in a west-facing courtyard.

Both are the same arching grass form, but they solve different problems. At 75cm the yucca sits on a bench, a plinth or a low wall and reads at seated height. At 115cm it stands on the floor and fills the gap between a low sofa back and a window sill. A premium black potted version of the 75cm is also available where the pot needs to disappear.

The blade forms. Sansevieria and yellow tongue at 60cm, 85cm, 90cm and 100cm grow upward rather than outward, so they hold visual height in roughly 30cm of floor width. Avoid the agaves in a corridor, since the rosette spreads sideways at ankle height and becomes something people walk into.

The floor-standing pieces at 110cm and above have the most leverage and are the ones worth weighting. Adding clean sand or gravel around the base inside a decorative outer pot drops the centre of gravity and stops a knock tipping the plant. Wipe the blades down with a damp cloth two or three times a year, working from base to tip.