Your Account
BHG.com
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine Brand Licensing Partners:
By Denny Schrock
The stiff, gray-green leaves of this pineapple relative are edged with spines and form an upright vase or urn shape. Silver vase plant sends up a large cluster of long-lasting pink bracts that bear short-lived purple flowers. After the bracts fade, new offshoots, called pups, develop at the base of the mother plant.
Here's a tip: Pour water directly into the vase to provide moisture for the plant.
Why We Love It: It's one of the most dramatic, easy indoor plants you can grow.
Name: Aechmea fasciata
Growing Conditions: Bright light; 65-75 degrees F.; water the foliage vase rather than the soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and wide
Add your comment