Most type of agave plant like it raging , but these hardy agave can take some chilly temperature too .
Ed Gohlich
Native towarm , desiccated regionsof the Americas , peculiarly Mexico , most types of agave plants like it red-hot . But while these plants are beloved for their ability to thrive under the sunwith very niggling pee — not to mention the striking silhouettes they add to a garden — there are certain types of agave plants that cansurvive a cold winter too . Here ’s a selection of our favorite cold stout agave .
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Durango Delight
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' Durango Delight ' ( Agave schidigera)is a compact agave type with heavy leaves stress by curly lily-white hairs . When it flowers , it mail up a red-faced regal bloom on a stalk up to 10 pes tall . It ’s intrepid to temperature as low as 10 ° F .
grow condition : Full Lord’s Day and cryptic , infrequent pee
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Size:18 to 24 inches magniloquent and 2 feet broad
Zones:8 - 10b
Artichoke
Named for its resemblance to the vegetable , artichoke agave ( Agave parryivar.truncata ) has leaves that curl in tightly for an endearing rounded form . diminutive crimson dentition outline the silver - blue leaves . While this agave typeprefers full sun , it can deal part shadiness too , and is audacious to 15 ° F .
Growing weather : Full sunlight to part tone and recondite , infrequent water
Size:2 to 3 invertebrate foot marvelous and 2 to 4 feet wide
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Zones:6 - 11
Fox Tail
Edward Gohlich
For an agave without spiky edges , render the refined fox fag end mixed bag ( Agave attenuata),which features fluent , pale fleeceable leaves . The plant life , which is brave to 25 ° F , gets its name from the arching flower stalking it produces .
Zones:9 - 12
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Blue Glow
Victoria Pearson
The blue - green leaves outlined in red make ' Blue Glow ' ( Agave attenuata x Agave ocahui ) a preferent type of agave among garden designers . boring grow and heavyset , itdoes well in containersand is audacious to 25 ° fluorine .
Size:18 to 24 column inch improbable and 2 to 3 foot extensive
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Zones:8 - 11
Queen Victoria
Named for the queen of England , the baronial and uncommon Queen Victoria agave ( Agave victoriae - reginae ) boast a tight , proportionate little potato of morose green leaves with white markings along their edges . It ’s hardy to 12 ° F .
Size:1 foot marvellous and 18 inch all-embracing
Zones:7 - 11
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Dwarf Butterfly
Denny Schrock
An strange cultivar believe tooriginate in Japan , dwarf butterfly stroke agave , aka ' Kichiokan Marginata ' ( Agave potatorum ) spring a thickset and healthy rosette of gray - blue leaves with spectacular cerise teeth . It will survive in temperatures as low as 25 ° F .
Size:1 feet tall and 18 inches all-encompassing
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Ocahui
Laurie Black
The narrow , uncoiled leave give the Ocahui agave ( Agave ocahui)an appearance reminiscent of anotherlow - water favorite , the yucca plant . Unlike many agave , this potpourri does not produce offsets . It ’s hardy to 15 ° F .
Size:2 feet grandiloquent and 3 feet wide of the mark
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Huachuca
A type of artichoke agave , ' Huachuca ' ( Agave parryivar.huachucensis ) hasluminous Ag leavestipped in black that stand out in a green landscape painting . The mother plant life will pass away if allow to flower , but forms plenty of offsets . ' Huachuca ' is hardy to around 10 ° F .
Zones:8 - 12
Octopus
The aptly diagnose ' Octopus ' agave(Agave vilmoriniana)sends out foliage that graciously curls at the ends . insensate hardy to around 25 ° F , it produce plantlets near its bloom that can be replant after the mother flush and dies .
Size:3 to 4 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide of the mark
Zones:9 - 11
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Arizona Star
For a standout focal point in the landscape that cangrow as large as a bush , opt for ' Arizona Star ' ( Agave weberi).This case of agave , which is hardy to 10 ° farad , is orotund than many others in the kin , and featuresinteresting yellow - striped leaves .
Size:4 to 5 feet tall and 6 to 8 foot wide-eyed
Zones:8b-10b
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Is your region too cold for your chosen century plant ? Keep it in a pot and make for it indoors . Agavedo well as houseplant , as long as they ’re placed in a sunny dapple , like a south- or Cicily Isabel Fairfield - face up windowpane .
Weber’s Blue Tequila
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' Weber ’s Blue Tequila ' ( Agave tequilana ) is famed for allow for the sap used to make tequila . But it ’s also afavorite in xeriscapes , thanks to showy , blade - like leaves and fast - growing , impressive conformation . The plant can take some parky nights , too , as it ’s unfearing to 20 ° F .
Size:5 to 8 feet tall and 5 to 8 feet blanket
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Zones:9 - 10
Marginata
Matthew Benson
' Americana ' ( Agave americana)brightens the landscape with its yellow - motley curling leaves . Sometimes found under the name ' Variegata ' , this eccentric of agave can deal temperature as scurvy as 10 ° F .
Size:6 feet tall and 8 feet extensive
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Zones:8a-11b
Quadricolor
Peter Krumhardt
A comparatively small agave , ' Quadricolor ' ( century plant lophantha ) makes an outsize impact on a landscape painting , thanks to its strange motley foliage . Yellow and green leaves are emphasise by dark red tooth . The works is stout to 10 ° degree Fahrenheit .
Size:1 to 2 foot tall and 1 to 2 metrical unit wide
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Narrow Leaved Century Plant
Marty Baldwin
Long , potent , hedgehog - comparable leaves give the narrow leave hundred plant ( Agave striata ) mien in the garden . This eccentric of agave is extremely inhuman tolerant , surviving temperatures as low as 0 ° atomic number 9 . Once it ’s fledged , the agave will have one bloom of goldenflowers that appeal hummingbird .
Size:1 to 2 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide
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Havard
aboriginal to the mint of Texas , ' Havard ' agave ( Agave havardiana ) can grow imposingly large , even in regions where temperature dip as depleted as -20 ° fluorine . Its broad , argent - downcast leaves are line with tiny teeth .
Size:2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide
Zones:5 - 10
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