Re: Aechmea fasciata hardiness

David,
I've three forms of A. recurvata growing in full sun in here in Napa 
California, and several forms of A. nudicaulis, all outdoors. I left an A. 
fasciata outdoors this year after taking a pup to see what would happen. The 
plant seemed to be fine until we had an extreme cold spell along with the 
first snowfall in almost thirty years.The snow toasted the plant. I 've had 
potted Bromeliads that have handled the winter lows here for years, but the 
snow affected them.
The recurvatas all seem to color up better at blooming time the more sun I 
give them, in fact var. ortgiesii and 'Red Dragon' are coloring up and 
starting to boom right now.
Wayne
Wayne Scott
250 Hickory St. 
Napa Ca. 94558
wascott@aol.com

In a message dated 3/27/02 7:48:33 PM, davidfeix@yahoo.com writes:

<< Other Acehmeas which do make superb landscape plants
for shade include A. caudata, A. recurvata forms and
cultivars, A. gamosepala, A. leppardii, A.
bromelifolia, A. nudicaulis, and A. pineliana var
minuta, among others.  These will all easily take
several degrees of frost, dappled shade and infrequent
watering.  The Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies >>
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