PUYA MIRABILIS / BROMELIAD / - 30 SEEDS

Puya mirabilis is an evergreen perennial terrestrial bromeliad native to Argentina and Bolivia. In the Garden, these plants will reach around 1.8 meters tall, but in containers their size is reduced to about 60 cm tall. The grass-like foliage grows from basal rosettes and has many spines along the margins. The spines are not sharp or stiff as in some bromeliads. The flowers are elegant, flaring, lime green bells that are held in fuzzy purple-grey calyxes of up to 15 per stem. They are nicely displayed on stiff upright 1.5 meter stems. They will form large clumps if planted in the landscape. They produce offsets freely and clumps can reach up to 2.5 to 3 meters wide. Plants are interesting in that they dont resemble most bromeliads.