Puya dyckioides Chelone bright gold foliage surrounded by

bright gold foliage surrounded by a wide

'Thumbelina' makes a great hosta for woodland borders

the clumps are topped with white flowers with red stripes on terminal spikes

but there are a few populations where the foliage tends toward blue

Carex howei 'Bonnie and Clyde' has made a stunning

Puya dyckioides Chelone bright gold foliage surrounded byWe first became familiar with the hardy bromeliad Puya dyckioides on our 2002 Argentina trip, where plantsman Sean Hogan spotted it growing on a cliff around 10,000' elevation. We subsequently (2005) planted offspring in our garden which have grown vigorously ever since, experiencing temperatures of 7 degrees F with some leaf burn, but flowering was unaffected. The olive green spiny leaves form a fast offsetting 2' tall x 4' wide patch in 5 years.