Puya are subalpine members of the Bromeliacea from the Andean range in South America. Very easy and robust plants for a partially shaded spot in any rich, and well drained soil, good pot plants in any well drained, rocky to sandy soil with some humus. They make dense rosettes of grass-like to broadly-linear leaves, always with brown to black thorned margins. Large erect racemes arise from the basal rosette with numerous funnel-shaped to bell-like flowers. As Agave all flowering Puya will die down after flowering, usually leaving some offsets, which themselves gain flowering size in few years. Sow the small and flat paper-like seeds at 15°C to 25°C on any rich, yet very well drainind soil in partial shaded. Do not cover seeds with soil, keep soil only slightly moist and always water from beneath. Once germinted, move sowing pots to a sunny position. Fast and reliable germination within four weeks. Keep seedlings cool at a minimum of some 10°C in winter and in rather dry and sunny position. Seeds look small and paper-like, but all of our stock has a tested germination rate of above 95% ! All are USDA Climate Zone 9 unless otherwise specified. 20 dust like seeds per package, unless not stated differently. At present we have almost 600 different bromeliad species in cultivation and we are looking forward to offer seeds from many more species in the closer future. The full list of our cultivated plants is available on this page: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). |
Puya alpestris (Sapphire Tower Puya)100cm ø, Sapphire Tower Puya is a very ornamental, larger Puya species from dry Andean highlands in central and souther Chile. It makes a dense rosette with long silvery-white leaves and tall racemes with sapphire blue flowers. For any rich, very well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package0256 | € 7,99 |
Puya berteroniana (Turquoise Puya)180 (300)cm ø, Turquoise Puya is a very showy, tall Puya with glaucous, silvery white, narrow leaves in a dense rosette. Very tall, dense inflorescence of deep blackish blue, metallic blue to bluish green and turquoise flowers with nicely contrasting orange anthers. A highly ornamental plant from dry mountain sites in central Chile (La Campana National Park and Vilches Alto National Park at some 1.400m). Requires sufficient moisture in summer, keep completely dry, cooler, and sunny in winter. USDA Climate Zone 8. VI-IX. |
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seed package 2368 | € 4,99 |
Puya chilensis2 (4)m ø, very showy, tall Puya from dry stony highlands of Chile at some 1.500m. Makes broad leaves in dense rosette and very tall racemes with numerous large, yellow to greenish yellow flowers. Puya chilensis requires sufficient moisture in summer. Keep plants rather dry, cool, and sunny in winter. A rather rare but easily grown species. VI-IX. |
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seed package 1830 | € 4,99 |
Puya coerulea var. coerulea100 (170)cm, a showy smaller species with silvery-grey leaves in a basal rosette of up to 50 cm in diameter and an upright growing, red-stemmed raceme with nicely contrasting, dark-purple, to almost black flowers. Puya coerulea var. coerulea is a very fast growing Puya species and may reach flowering size after just three year under appropriate cultivation conditions. It is native of mountainous sites in rocky, dryish places in Chile. In winter keep plants almost completely dry in a sunny spot at a minimum of some 7°C. Seeds from a wild collection in V Region, Parque Nacional La Campana, Camino a Mina, Chile at some 1.000m. VII-IX. |
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Puya coerulea var. monteroana100 (150)cm, similar to the species, yet this variety has much narrower, silvery-grey leaves in a dense basal rosette of up to 50cm in diameter. Unlike the species this variety makes a red-stemmed, unbranched or losely branching raceme with nicely contrasting, blackish purple, long tubular flowers. Puya coerulea var. monteroana ist a very fast growing Puya species and may reach flowering size after just three year under appropriate cultivation conditions. It is native of mountainous sites rocky, dryish places in Chile. In winter keep almost completely dry in a sunny spot at a minimum of some 7°C. Seeds from a wild collection in VII Region, Camino a Vilches y El Morillo, Chile at some 1.200m VII-IX. |
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seed package 5420 | € 7,99 |
Puya coerulea var. violacea (Violet Puya)100 (170)cm, Violet Puya is a very ornamental variety from the VI, VII and VII regions in Chile. As the species it is a smaller plant with narrow silvery-grey leaves in a basal rosette of up to 50 cm in diameter and an upright growing, red-stemmed raceme with blackish-purple flowers. Puya coerulea var. violacea is a very fast growing Puya species and may reach flowering size after just three year under appropriate cultivation conditions. In winter keep plants almost completely dry in a sunny spot at a minimum of some 7°C. VII-IX. |
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seed package0527 | € 7,99 |
Puya dasylirioides (Sotol Puya)80 cm ø, Sotol Puya is a very ornamental species from highlands in Costa Rica. Puya dasilirioides is one of the few Puya species with entire leaf margins, lacking any spines. It makes a basal rosette of greyish-green leaves and a tall inflorescence with bright ink-blue flowers. For any rich, very well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package0529 | € 7,99 |
Puya harmsii (Harms' White Puya)50cm ø, Harms' White Puya is a very ornamental, medium tall Puya species from dry Andean highlands in northwestern Argentina. Puya harmsii makes a compact and very showy, dense, silvery-grey leaf rosette and medium tall racemes with numerous very dark violet blue flowers embedded in reddish bracts. For any rich, very well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package0254 | € 7,99 |
Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes)300 (450)cm ø, Queen of the Andes is native of Peru and adjacent areas and makes the tallest inflorescence of all plants, eventually reaching up to 8m in height. It is an extremely rarely seen plant in cultivation and makes a huge, short stemmed and unbranched leaf rosette before the impressive inflorescence is produced with several thousand pale yellow flowers after some 40 to 80 years (!) in habitat. However, cultivated plants will reach flowering size much earlier after some 20 to 35 years "only" under appropiate growing conditions. The entire plant will gradually die down after setting seed, and propagation is by seeds only. Keep slow growing plants slightly drier in winter at a minimum of some 10°C and in full sun throughout the year. Seeds are rarely available and only few packages are in stock. Tested viability of our seed stock is above 80% under optimal sowing conditions. |
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Puya venusta (Blue Chagualillo Puya)100 (150)cm, Blue Chagualillo Puya makes a beautiful basal rosette with narrow, silvery- gray foliage and upright stems with violet-blue shaped flowers surrounded by reddish bracts. Puya venusta is native of highlands in South America (Chile). For any rich, very well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. In central Europe this frost resistant member may be tried out in the garden in full sun with protection from winter wetness. Alternatively grow in pots and keep rather dry in winter in a sunny spot at a minimum of some 7°C. USDA Climate Zone 8. V-VII. |
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seed package 4016 | € 4,99* |
Puya weberiana (Desert Lantern Puya)50cm ø, Desert Lantern Puya is a very ornamental, medium tall Puya species from dry Andean highlands in northwestern Argentina, in the provinves of Salta and Tucumán. It makes a compact and dense, grayish-green leaf rosette and compact dome-shaped inflorescences with dense rosy bracts and sky-blue flowers. For any rich, very well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package0526 | € 9,99 |
Puya yakespala (Yellow Puya)50cm ø, Yellow Puy) is a very ornamental, medium tall Puya species from dry Andean highlands in northwestern Argentina. It makes a compact and dense, mid green leaf rosette and very tall racemes with numerous, quite large bright yellow flowers. For any rich, very well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package0525 | € 9,99 |