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Hardy Pineapple

Greigia sphacelata

Hardy Pineapple
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0

Hardy Pineapple is a perennial bromeliad from south-central and southern Chile, grown for its rosette foliage and edible fruit. It is cold hardy and needs well-drained soil and some sun.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly in the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich soil or a gritty potting mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost down to about -10 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SC. & S. Chile
Climate
temperate

About

Greigia sphacelata is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is endemic to Chile. It is distributed between the Maule and Los Lagos regions. It produces edible fruits, known as 'chupones'.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Greigia sphacelata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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