When I was a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville we had a large bed of them -they are quite spiny, yet beautiful when in ...Read Morebloom and in fruit. They are cold hardy in protected sites in 8b/9a.
Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve in Lake Alfred, Florida has several beds of Bromelia pinguin growing in a variety of conditions incl...Read Moreuding dry sand,lake margins, full sun, and part shade. Blooming is stunning with red color developing within the plant interior leaves and forming an interesting stalk of white/red blooms. It produces many large seeds. Spreads aggressively from stolons and will form impenetrable sharp-thorned colonies.
When I was a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville we had a large bed of them -they are quite spiny, yet beautiful when in ...Read More
Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve in Lake Alfred, Florida has several beds of Bromelia pinguin growing in a variety of conditions incl...Read More