Puya dyckioides Caryopteris The giant 5' wide clumps

The giant 5' wide clumps make a truly spectacular show

As mentioned above

Queen Anne's lace-like flower heads

The fruit are about walnut sized and will be evident soon after blooming

(aka: Polystichum lonchitoides) Cyrtomium lonchitoides is a little-known holly fern that hails from forests between 4

Puya dyckioides Caryopteris The giant 5' wide clumpsWe first became familiar with the hardy bromeliad Puya dyckioides on our 2002 Argentina trip, where plantsman Sean Hogan spotted it growing on a cliff around 10,000' elevation. We subsequently (2005) planted offspring in our garden which have grown vigorously ever since, experiencing temperatures of 7 degrees F with some leaf burn, but flowering was unaffected. The olive green spiny leaves form a fast offsetting 2' tall x 4' wide patch in 5 years.