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Hi, guys.
I love cold hardy broad leaf evergreens and other exotic plants.
I'm trying to make a nice collection in my allotment for a third year.
This is what I bought yesterday - some sort of Agave (no label), Leucothoe, Pachysandra and Ceanothus americanus - concha



Here is my allotment. I have various evergreen plants there already from the last year:
like Pieris, bergenia crassifolia, Prunus laurocerasus, Musa Basjoo (I dig it out every autumn though),
several Rohds, Buxus, Ilex, Yucca and some other species I can't remember.
I'll list them later.
All of them proved to be cold hardy this winter with no shelter.
This winter was mild though - a few days down to 5F, mostly around 10-15F for 2-3 months.

Looks great-welcome to PalmsNorth.

I think your Agave is A.Americana var 'Marginata'

Wheather your agave is americana or salimaina I can't tell from the photo, but either way it will not hardy beyond 20 degrees F. Good luck with your garden. Don't give up because something dies. I can't name how many plants I have killed before I actually suceeded.

hardyjim wrote:Looks great-welcome to PalmsNorth.

I think your Agave is A.Americana var 'Marginata'

Thank you.
Ok, so, it's not worth trying to leave it outside.
Nevermind 20$ wasted

chadec wrote:Wheather your agave is americana or salimaina I can't tell from the photo, but either way it will not hardy beyond 20 degrees F. Good luck with your garden. Don't give up because something dies. I can't name how many plants I have killed before I actually suceeded.

In 3 years I've killed so far one mussa basjoo.
I'm sure my list will get longer, because this year apart from Agave Americana I added 2 wisterias and a Chionanthus virginicus for their flowers.

Here is a photo of wisteria I took a Biltmore Estate.
<a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/chade ... 5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc3 ... 144625.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2012-04-08144625.jpg"/></a>
Here is mine.
<a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/chade ... 3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc3 ... 082133.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 20150518_082133.jpg"/></a>

Mine is still young, but hard to contain.

Nice, where are you from? What hardiness zone?

chadec wrote:Here is a photo of wisteria I took a Biltmore Estate.
<a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/chade ... 5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc3 ... 144625.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2012-04-08144625.jpg"/></a>
Here is mine.
<a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/chade ... 3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc3 ... 082133.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 20150518_082133.jpg"/></a>

Mine is still young, but hard to contain.

I am in North Carolina, US. I am rated zone 7b, but the last 2 yrs we have had temps at 0 or below.

chadec wrote:I am in North Carolina, US. I am rated zone 7b, but the last 2 yrs we have had temps at 0 or below.

Ok, thx, I may have a chance with wisteria then

DarkNight wrote:

hardyjim wrote:Looks great-welcome to PalmsNorth.

I think your Agave is A.Americana var 'Marginata'

Thank you.
Ok, so, it's not worth trying to leave it outside.
Nevermind 20$ wasted

They are pretty spectacular when they get some size.
Low 20s(F)or less and the clock is ticking though.

If you have a cover and some X-mas lights for when it
gets colder than that,it might be worth it to cover .

You will need to provide excellent drainage too with the top few inches of pure gravel. I would recommend a raised area so winter rains stay off the roots. And dig down deep and amend the soil with plenty of pea gravel.

Thx, guys, I'll follow your advice and see what happens.