Agave Species, Striata Agave, Guapilla, Soyate, Century Plant, Maguey

Completely agree with the other report of it being way more cold hardy. Most nursery and commercial grow list agave striata as zone 8B, 9...Read MoreA. However there are many reports of people and growers saying it can easily survive 10 F and can probably tolerate lower temperatures. I expect at least 5 F when dry.

I am going to order to seeds soon and grow some myself to trial it in my climate which has alot of precipitation , very wet and humid winters with alot of temperature swings ( can be 10 or 15 F during night and 40 F / 50 F during daytime.

There are also blue forms available calls ''Agave straita '' spp falcate blue. They could be more frost or wintermoisture tolerant.

This agave is overlooked because it grows next to less cold hardy agaves in its natural enviroment. I suspect there are alot of cold hardy low altitude species because some high altitude ones are less cold hardy than low altitude ones. it comes all down to genetics and enviroment.

This is one of the more cold hardy Agaves. It should definitely be listed as zone 8 and can easily be grown in zone 7 if kept dry during...Read More the winter. Nice specimen survived 8 degrees at the J.C. Raulston arboretum this year with no noticeable damage. Very sharp points at the end of each leaf... not child friendly. Growing from seed now as part of a class project and is doing well despite the constant watering by the greenhouse staff... moving to drier location this weekend.

Update: All seedlings but one have died. Mainly due to overwatering. Definitely not suited to being started here in the southeast. Literature says that they should do fine once over a year old.

This is an intensely spiny plant that looks a lot like a Yucca- has thin, spine-like leaves, very similar to Agave stricta, only the leav...Read Morees are even longer, and somewhat striated/striped. Is one of the few non-monocarpic agaves. Forms a spherical plant about 1'-2' in diameter. Flowers on long, tall racemes in fall.

I have not grown this plant. One common name for it is "needle agave". It forms a "ball" of narrow, spiky leaves which are spineless on t...Read Morehe margins, but have spines on the tips. It forms attractive clusters by suckering. The foliage is very attractive and can have pinkish tones. It is frost tolerant and is suitable for growing in containers.