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Re: Furcraea

Michael Barclay wrote:
Moira Ryan wrote
> > Hi Sue
> >I consulted my new copy of Heidi Gildermeister's book and she mentions Fucraea without any particular indication of tenderness, so I presume they would be able to survive at least mild frosts. This is certainly the case with the related Agaves which grow around where I live and will stand temperatures at least as low as 23F.

>         Dear Moira,                             25 Sept 1998
> 
>         They are by no means as hardy as agaves and many spp. give
>         up the ghost at 30F after developing a trunk.  Until then
>         they will tolerate 27 or 28F. with minimal damage.
> 
>         Agave victoriae-reginae will handle 5F with dispatch and
>         A. amricana is unkillable in the SF Bay Area, also impossible
>         to get rid of if unwanted!(snip)

Michael D. Barclay, Council, California Horticultural Society

Hi Michael

Thank you for the information, which I am forwarding to the Medit.
Plants list as I am not particularly interested myself - I really
dislike most members of the Agavaceae and they don't fit at all with my
gardening style.

Curiously, though various Agave species are regularly grown in New
Zealand even in my moderatly frosty nighbourhood, I have not been able
to find Fucraea mentioned in any local gardening book, though I am sure
they would be perfectly happy in our northern gardens many of which
would be totally frost-free. 

Best wishes

Moira

Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
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