{"id":9837,"date":"2017-07-25T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2017-07-21T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:21:09","slug":"pineapple-lilies-for-summer-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/07\/25\/pineapple-lilies-for-summer-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Pineapple Lilies For Summer Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eucomis comosa ‘Oakhurst’<\/p><\/div>\n

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E. comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’<\/p><\/div>\n

Pineapple lilies (Eucomis spp.<\/em>) are native of South Africa and are easy to grow (USDA hardiness zones 7-10). \u00a0Several hybrid cultivars are winter hardy in zone 6 if provide a protective layer of mulch or loose leafy compost.<\/p>\n

Plants have basal rosette of strap-like, wavy-edged, purple-spotted, dark green leaves which spread upward and outward to 24 inches. Leaf color varies with the cultivar. Emerging from each rosette is a thick purple-spotted flower stalk to 36 inches in height in mid to late summer bearing masses of tiny, starry, greenish-white flowers, also cultivars with\u00a0dusky purple shades. Their unique flowers are crowned by a tuft of greenish leaf-like bracts.<\/p>\n

Grow pineapple lilies in containers or in a garden bed with flowering perennials and annuals. Plant bulbs 6 inches\u00a0deep in fertile, well-drained garden soil and in full sun.\u00a0Shade will reduce flowering and bloom stalks are weak and require staking. Space plants 18-36 inches apart depending on the vigor and size of the cultivar. Pineapple lilies perform\u00a0best if dry during winter dormancy.<\/p>\n

In spring or at planting, apply a granular 10-10-10 or equivalent fertilizer or a slow release product such as Osmocote\u00ae or Nutrikote\u00ae. Keep plants well-watered during their first growing season for optimum flowering.<\/p>\n

Plant in a wide container in loose porous soil-less media. Space bulbs 5-6 inches apart for a striking display. Place the top of the bulb is just below soil surface. Keep well-watered during the growing season (April to early October) and feed with a water soluble fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro\u00ae, Peters\u00ae, or Schultz\u00ae.<\/p>\n

In colder regions pineapple lilies are ideally grown in containers and over-wintered indoors. Set in a freeze-free place and allow soil to dry out and bulbs to go dormant. Remove withered dead foliage. Begin watering again in late March or April.<\/p>\n

Leading Cultivars: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Sparkling Burgundy\u2019 –\u00a0dark burgundy spring foliage that gradually turns olive green, and its burgundy color returns in early fall; smoky pink florets stand on 20- to 30-inch floral stalks crowned by tufts of purple bracts (zone 6b – 10).<\/p>\n

\u2018Oakhurst\u2019 – narrow leaves start off green and gradually develop\u00a0an intense burgundy-red color; 18- inch tall smoky\u00a0red floral stalks open pink with tufted top (zone 7 – 11).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pineapple lilies (Eucomis spp.) are native of South Africa and are easy to grow (USDA hardiness zones 7-10). \u00a0Several hybrid cultivars are winter hardy in zone 6 if provide a protective layer of mulch or loose leafy compost. Plants have basal rosette of strap-like, wavy-edged, purple-spotted, dark green leaves which spread upward and outward to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1319,749,605,1037,674,645,806,665,877,853,551,625,1300,843,812,729,777,630,823,706,646,113,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9840,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837\/revisions\/9840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}