Puya mirabalis

Exquisite dangling pale yellow-green flared flowers from grey-purple bracts on long arching stems. Each flower only lives a few days but more are produced every day. Dying flowers are beautifully spiralled. Grey-green basal leaves stiff and prickly in compact rosette. Quick to bloom from seed. Fairly hardy if kept dry in winter 12" in leaf, 30" in flower

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Hardiness:

Borderline hardy

Longevity:

Perennial

Growing Condition:

Dry sun

Season:

Early summer, Spring

Good For:

Cut flower, Seedheads & fruit

Colour:

Cream

Germination:

Sow in spring, thinly and shallowly. Keep warm (60-70oF) till germinates, then cooler