• Eventual Height: 0.6m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m
pineapple lily pineapple lily

Eucomis bicolor

pineapple lily

Size: 1 tuber   available within 2 weeks  
Size: 2 litre pot   available within 2-3 days  

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  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: fertile, well-drained soil (or loam-based potting compost with sharp sand or grit for container-grown specimens)
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: July and August
  • Hardiness: fully hardy (borderline)

    A spectacular plant, with spikes of purple-edged, pale green star-shaped flowers on purple-spotted stems in July and August, topped with a pineapple-like tuft above a rosette of wide, fleshy leaves. This distinctive, summer-flowering bulb looks stunning planted in clumps in a large, well-drained container or in a sunny, exotic-style garden. Since it's not fully hardy in frost-prone areas, it's best over-wintered indoors in a cool greenhouse.

  • Garden care: Water freely during the growing season and sparingly during winter. Protect the crown of the plant with a dry winter mulch or over-winter indoors under glass. Top-dress or re-pot container-grown specimens each spring.

    • Eventual Height: 0.6m
    • Eventual Spread: 0.3m
    Eucomis bicolor - pineapple lily Huge, exotic, spiky flowers

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