My friend is making me do this and I am dictating this first blog while I hold my daughter.
I am an expert plantsman but no one knows it yet.
So my friend is making me blog about my favorite subject, which is...the wonderful world of plants.
Today, my favorite plant is:
Eucomis pole-evansii
Pineapple Lily
How would you like to have that as a last name!?
I like this plant because even though you see it sold in boxes at your local grocery store, this is the giant version...it's on steroids, a super-sized 3' tall version just coming into it's prime elsewhere. Here in my garden...well, it is a little behind schedule.
Big pineapple stalks start with a perfect rosette of gratifyingly thick, glossy, broad, green strapping rosette. Out of the center comes this greenish-white, pineapple-like flower with a top knot of green leaves just like a pineapple.
I am an expert plantsman but no one knows it yet.
So my friend is making me blog about my favorite subject, which is...the wonderful world of plants.
Today, my favorite plant is:
Eucomis pole-evansii
Pineapple Lily
How would you like to have that as a last name!?
I like this plant because even though you see it sold in boxes at your local grocery store, this is the giant version...it's on steroids, a super-sized 3' tall version just coming into it's prime elsewhere. Here in my garden...well, it is a little behind schedule.
Big pineapple stalks start with a perfect rosette of gratifyingly thick, glossy, broad, green strapping rosette. Out of the center comes this greenish-white, pineapple-like flower with a top knot of green leaves just like a pineapple.
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