A great low water use plant for California and looks great in my yard. I highly recommend this bromeliad! Don’t plant near paths though...Read More, has spines on leaf edges and a sharp tip.
Also, it’s a low water plant. Once established, I’ve been able to get away with watering it once a month (both inground and container plants) in a part sun condition (full sun in summer w/ sun is directly overhead) and they look great!
Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) | August 2008 | positive
Description from seller:
This aechmea is one of the hardiest bromeliads, surviving outdoors in Florida, Texas, California ...Read Moreand the Deep South, even for prolonged cold snaps. The leaves are very spiny so please be careful when handling the plant. The inflorescence is a pyramid-shaped cluster of spreading spikes, each with several blue, white or purple flowers about an inch long and subtended by showy pink bracts.
This bromeliad is extremely beautiful in bloom and the inflorencense lasts for about 2 months!
Location
Aechmea distichantha is native to southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Hardiness: USDA Zones Aechmea distichantha can be grown outdoors in zones 8-11, and is usually grown as a house plant elsewhere.
Propagation: Little "pups" or offsets are produced, but these should not be severed until the mother plant begins to die several weeks after blooming.
CARE: VERY EASY. Bright light & cessation of feeding when the plants are mature produces best foliage color and promotes blooming. Grow warm, on the dry side and furnish lots of light.
A great low water use plant for California and looks great in my yard. I highly recommend this bromeliad! Don’t plant near paths though...Read More
Description from seller:
This aechmea is one of the hardiest bromeliads, surviving outdoors in Florida, Texas, California ...Read More