Hardiness test

[Brooksphilly]

Forecast in Philly is for low of 23 Friday night and 28 Saturday night. Bringing all the agaves inside except for parryi, zebra, lophantha quadricolor, and leopoldii. Wish us luck!

[Azuleja]

Good luck!

[Gee.S]

They should be fine so long as they've had ample opportunity to harden off.

[SC FM]

Should be ok. I do not grow Zebra or leopoldii but all the others I grow in ground and are very hardy. Mine have seen 5*F twice and with no damage to speak of.

[Brooksphilly]

All good after 28 degrees for parryi, quadricolor, baccarat, zebra, and leopoldii. Thanks for the perspective from AZ and SC. Surprised that a forgotten capensis made it through with just a small discoloration to a leaf or two. A forgotten about titanota pup and cream spike pup from spiney in CA were not so fortunate and froze solid. Everyone else is happily inside at home or office until March.

[abborean]

some can take a few cold shots like that but not a Philly winter I suspect. I recall from an earlier post that you have a good microclimate though. Good luck!

[Brooksphilly]

They will be covered when wet or snow hits, so we’ll see. No room in the inn, so this is sort of a forced test. It would be rare for Philly temps to dip below mid 20s. I am in South Philly and the city stays a good 5 degrees warmer than burbs. They are also close to the house, so we’ll see. I am resisting temptations to bubble wrap pots

[Melt in the Sun]

How are they doing now? Y'all had quite the cold new year's, right?