Hardy Succulents for Frost-Prone Areas
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AGAVES: Agaves vary greatly in hardiness; some are true tropicals while others inhabit the snowy mountains of the American Southwest. Many of the best garden-worthy species come from the high mountains of Mexico.
- Agave ‘Baccarat’ 0˚F
- Agave americana 15-20˚F
- Agave bracteosa 10-15˚F
- Agave celsii var. albicans 20-25˚F
- Agave colorata 20˚F
- Agave deserti 5-10˚F
- Agave filifera (including multifilifera, schidigera, x leopoldii) 15-20˚F
- Agave franzosinii 15-20˚F
- Agave gentryi ‘Jaws’ 5-10˚F
- Agave havardiana -15˚F
- Agave lophantha ‘Quadricolor’ 15-20˚F
- Agave murpheyi 5˚F
- Agave nickelsiae 10-15˚F
- Agave ocahui 10-15˚F
- Agave ovatifolia 10-15˚F
- Agave parrasana 15-20˚F
- Agave parryi 15˚F
- Agave salmiana var. ferox 15-20˚F
- Agave striata 0-10˚F
- Agave victoriae-reginae 10-15˚F
- Agave vilmoriniana 20-25˚F
- Agave weberi 20˚F
- Agave x ‘Blue Glow’ 20˚F
- Agave x ‘Sharkskin’ 20-25˚F
- x Mangave ‘Macho Mocha’ 10-15˚F
ALOES: All Aloes listed are able to take occasional temperatures down to 25˚F. However, sustained cold will most likely result in damage.
- Aloe buhrii
- Aloe castanea
- Aloe distans
- Aloe ferox
- Aloe glauca
- Aloe juvenna
- Aloe maculata (A. saponaria)
- Aloe marlothii
- Aloe polyphylla (10-15˚F, does not like sustained heat over 90˚F)
- Aloe striata
- Aloe x nobilis
AIZOACEAE (and a few Senecios): All will take 20˚F, or lower
- Delosperma ‘Fire Spinner’
- Delosperma cooperi
- Delosperma lavisiae
- Delosperma nubigenum
- Delosperma sutherlandii
- Oscularia deltoides
- Scopelogena verruculata
- Senecio mandraliscae 20-25˚F
- Senecio serpens 20-25˚F
CRASSULACEAE: Mostly small plants, the species and hybrids listed here will take temps down to 25˚F, or even lower. But, some of the larger foliaged Echeverias will suffer damage below 28˚F.
- Cotyledon orbiculata var oblonga ‘Macrantha’
- Crassula falcata
- Crassula muscosa
- Crassula sarcocaulis
- Crassula tetragona
- Dudleya brittonii
- Dudleya hassei
- Dudleya pulverulenta
- Echeveria ‘Afterglow’
- Echeveria ‘Imbricata’
- Echeveria ‘Perle von Nurnberg’
- Echeveria ‘Pulv-oliver’
- Echeveria ‘Violet Queen’
- Echeveria agavoides
- Echeveria cante
- Echeveria elegans
- Echeveria secunda
- Echeveria subrigida
ASSORTED WOODY PLANTS: All listed species can take temps 20˚F and below.
- Calibanus hookeri
- Dasylirion quadrangulatum (D. longissimum)
- Dasylirion wheeleri
- Hesperaloe parviflora
- Hesperaloe funifera
- Hesperaloe tenuifolia
- Nolina microcarpa
- Nolina nelsonii
- Nolina texana
- Yucca decipiens
- Yucca elata
- Yucca faxoniana (Y. carnerosana)
- Yucca gloriosa
- Yucca linearifolia
- Yucca pallida
- Yucca rostrata
- Hesperoyucca whipplei
