Puya dyckioides Silver/Grey Foliage Plants small grower from Mary Chastain

small grower from Mary Chastain makes a small 1' wide mound of shiny

a gold leaf mutation from his wonderful Heuchera villosa hybrid

'Solar Flare'

Hosta 'Lakeside Missy Little' is a small grower from Mary Chastain's breeding program that makes a 6" tall x 13" wide clump of blue-green leaves surrounded by a wide cream edge

spiny foliage is topped

Puya dyckioides Silver/Grey Foliage Plants small grower from Mary ChastainWe 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.