Keep agave as a houseplant

Frost sensitivity as a reason for culture in the house

While some agaves can survive certain freezing temperatures outdoors, others react very sensitively with their water-filled leaves frost. You can save yourself the need to rearrange the agaves between house and garden and grow this interesting and decorative plant permanently in the house. Since agaves originally grow in desert-like areas, they usually tolerate strong sunlight and sometimes extreme temperatures on the windowsill very well. However, the plants are better off if they are also placed a little cooler during the winter time with their reduced incidence of daylight. Are well suited for that Overwinter the in pot grown agaves because of the cooler Temperatures the following rooms:

• unheated attics
• bright basement rooms
• Stairwells
• bedroom
• light-flooded garages
• unheated winter gardens

Choosing the right type of agave for the windowsill

If you do that Kindel an agave as Offshoot get, this may seem inconspicuous at first. Size Agave species but can become too big for the windowsill in just a few years. It is therefore better to choose a slower and more compact growing agave species as a houseplant, for example:

• Agave stricta
• Agave victoriae-reginae
• Agave potatorum

Agave species with a yellow border around the leaves are also particularly decorative.

Beware of injuries

When choosing an agave for the windowsill, you should also pay attention to the formation of spines on the leaves of the respective species. In an emergency, you can stick small pieces of cork on the spikes at the ends of the leaves. It is also possible to carefully remove the spines, but everyone is cut with the agaves with the danger of possible Diseases and one Damage to the leaves tied together.