Plant ID-- huge whiteish cold tolerant "aloe vera-looking" succulent

 Hoping for an id even though I don't have a picture.  I saw one once on a garden
show shown from North Carolina, so I thought it MIGHT be hardy here in the upper
part of South Carolina.  But this week I happened to drive by a huge one in
somebody's yard, so obviously it is hardy for here.

It is a succulent, looks more or less like an Aloe vera, but it is several feet
tall and around.  It looks like it has a coating of powdered sugar.  And it is a
species that can tolerate zone 7 winters.  Any ideas?  I want one of those
suckers.

 Should have stopped and asked the owners of the plant? Maybe they'd have
even given you a cutting.

--

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with
 the  intention of arriving safely in an attractive
 and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
 one hand, Starbucks in the other, totally worn
 out and screaming, "WOO HOO. what a ride!"


BetsyB

 

Might work if I was a woman.  But since I'm a large hairy guy, they'd probably
lock the door and call the police.  :-)

 





A smile on your face might have broken the ice had you tried? Costs nothing
to ask.

Betsy

 
Something like this?
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60610/
or one of these?
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Fall/page3.html

Here in the Washington, DC area (zone 7), some kind of agaves or
yuccas are moderately common, including in the house we bought.  We
have a nice big clump of three or so plants.  They send up a nice
flower spike with white flowers (especially striking at night).  Ours
does not die after flowering (some do, although they might send out
additional plants first).  But I don't know what species are most
popular or work best (or even which one is in my yard, for that
matter).

They are, of course, native to drier climates.  But ours has required
no maintenance and seems to be doing fine.