Are there hardy varieties?

When choosing the right type of agave, pay attention to frost tolerance

First of all, one should be aware that the different agaves from different regions of the American continent originate and there also supposedly barren habitats with desert and mountain character settle. Even in desert areas with extreme heat during the day, it is quite possible at night Frosts appear. Most Agave species can therefore withstand light frosts for short periods of time. But that doesn't mean that the exotic looking plant is automatically winterproof in this country. The following Agave species can also under suitable site conditions Temperatures withstand between -10 and -20 degrees Celsius:

• Agave parryi
• Agave utahensis
• Agave inaequidens
• Agave havardiana

Properly protect large specimens in the pot

Many gardeners have already experienced this fact in their own garden: first of all, you have one

Offshoot an agave received from a neighbor or brought back from vacation. This has turned out to be good care Developed so splendidly over the years that it was placed in ever larger planters repotted had to become. After all, the agave is in garden so big that they can no longer easily get into it Winter quarters can be transported. In rather mild weather conditions, these stately agaves can also survive the winter outdoors, if they are placed on a pallet to protect them from frost and if they are well wrapped with bubble wrap will. You should not water the plant beforehand so that the wrapped plant does not rot during the winter. Due to the extreme temperature fluctuations, do not place the agave in a sunny place in front of a wall, but rather in a more partially shaded location with good wind protection.

Possible dangers of wintering other than frost

When agaves grow in abundance after winter yellow leaves have, it only has to be something to a certain extent frost have to do. Agaves are often only insufficiently winter-proof when the root rots unnoticed due to excessive waterlogging. This can help if the plants with a suitable Substrate planted and inserted into the ground at a slight angle so that the rainwater can drain away. In addition, any fertilization should be stopped in late summer.

Young plants are more sensitive than older agaves

Fresh increasedOffshoot the agaves are much more sensitive Overwinter than older specimens. Therefore should Kindel If possible, separate them from the respective mother plants as early as spring and then overwinter them indoors in cold regions.