Did you know you can grow pineapples in the Bay Area? OK, not actual pineapples but a wonderful perennial known as pineapple lily. This bulbous South African native, Eucomis, is found in a wide range ...

Understanding the Context

Q I bought a pineapple lily bulb at Canada Blooms three years ago. For the first and second summers, it had a lovely big stalk of flowers. This year, four lilies came up but there were no flowers. The ...

Key Insights

The Globe and Mail: Pineapple lily that won't bloom may just be waiting for the right time Pineapple lily that won't bloom may just be waiting for the right time https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/pineapple-lily/9436988 In winter, they'll die down completely and then you'll be waiting, waiting, waiting, until autumn when ... SOPHIE THOMSON: I'm going to show you a plant that deserves a place in any garden - be it grand or small and 'cottagey' -Eucomis,commonly known as the Pineapple Lily. The common name of these plants ... Daily Mail: Pineapple lilies used to be too tender to survive outside. Now the spiky-headed blooms are...

Final Thoughts

TOUGH GUYS When I first set out as a gardener, no one I knew grew pineapple lilies in their gardens. The only places you were ever likely to find these summer flowering plants, with their exceptionally exotic ...