| | Home > Eucomis (Pineapple Lily) Pineapple Lilies (Eucomis) Bloom this summer! New shorter-growing Pineapple Lilies from New Zealand. This is the first year of introduction in North America and we are pleased to offer four clones suitable for growing in six-inch pots or in borders. Photo shows a standard sized cultivar in back for comparison. (Scroll down for details.)
(Eucomis) This fragrant South African native has tropical-looking, fleshy leaves with flower spikes that appear to be miniature “pineapples” at the top of each stem. (Sorry, not edible.) Hundreds of waxy, one inch starry flowers are perfectly shaped, mostly edged in maroon and begin opening from the bottom up.
Useful in bright sun with regular water during active growth, but protect from saturating winter-to-spring rains. (e.g. Plant under a roof overhang or in pots.) Bulbs emerge late in spring, grow rapidly and flower for 6 weeks with interesting seedpods continuing to frost. Full sun preferred, but light shade in hot climates is acceptable. It is perfectly normal for leaves to "wilt" a bit during the hot midday, but don't worry, they perk up again the next morning.
A marvelous cut flower, stems stay fresh for weeks, but you should change water at least weekly in vases. Hardy to USDA Zone 6 to 7 with an insulating mulch or lift bulbs to store in a frost-free location. (We have bulbs against our house, Zone 7/8, in a slightly raised bed, protected from our winter rainfall of 50+ inches.) Sent to you bare root, plant our large, heavy bulbs after danger of deep frost is past and soil begins to warm (e.g. May in Seattle), spacing 6 to 10 inches apart, covered with 4 inches of fluffy, amended soil. If desired, light mulch after top growth begins.
Eucomis are long-lived and although they prefer to be left undisturbed, offsets can be detached from the mother bulb in fall, taking an additional two years before the babies flower. Bulbs guaranteed true-to-name, not for failure to bloom first summer, over watering or for winter loss.
(This photo is of 'Can Can' in one corner of our propagation field, where the established Pineapple lilies grow happily with only regular irrigation water applied about once a month during summer.)
 |  | | **Eucomis - "Tiny Piny Collection" (12 bulbs total)
(Photo courtesy of hybridizer, Eddie Walsh)
NEW LISTING! Collection of THREE of new 'Tiny Piny' clones, 3 bulbs of each of three varieties, one will be six bulbs, labeled with names (12 total), 8-10 Inches, August/early September Flowering. Click photo to read more.
| | |  | | *Eucomis - 'Tiny Piny Coral' (Bag of 3 bulbs)
(Photo courtesy of hybridizer, Eddie Walsh)
NEW LISTING! Pink blend, 8-10 Inches, August/early September Flowering.
| | |  | | *Eucomis - 'Tiny Piny Opal' (Bag of 3 bulbs)
(Photo courtesy of hybridizer, Eddie Walsh)
NEW LISTING! Two tone cream/pink, 8-10 Inches, August/early September Flowering.
| | |  | | *Eucomis - 'Tiny Piny Pearl' (Bag of 3 bulbs)
(Photo courtesy of hybridizer, Eddie Walsh)
NEW LISTING! Creamy-white to icy pink, 8-10 Inches, August/early September Flowering.
| | |  | | *Eucomis - 'Tiny Piny Ruby' (Bag of 3 bulbs)
(Photo courtesy of hybridizer, Eddie Walsh)
NEW LISTING! Deep ruby-red, 8-10 Inches, August/early September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Innocence' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Pinkish-white, 18-24 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Katie' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Medium pink, bronze colored leaves, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Reuben' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Rose-pink, 24 Inches, August/September flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Sparkling Burgundy' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Light purple/lilac, dark foliage, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Toffee' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Pale pink w/ bronze stems, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Tugela Jade' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Greenish-white, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Tugela Ruby' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Medium Pink, deep purple foliage, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Can Can' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Pink w/purple stems, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Bloom.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Co Co' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Pale pink, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Bloom.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Meguru' - SOLD OUT
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Icy Pink to White, 24 to 30 Inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - 'Victoria'
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Lavender-pink, 18 to 24 inches, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | Eucomis - E. pole-evansii (species)
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Greenish-white to pink flowers. 5 to 6 Feet when established, August/September Flowering.
| | |  | | x'Eucomis autumnalis'
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Creamy-white, 12" - 24", easiest in containers, August/September
| | |  | | x'Eucomis bicolor'
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Huge stems, greenish-white flowers, tinged purple. Hardiest,variable purple stem mottling, 24" - 30", August/September
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