Bromeliads - More Than House Plants, Landscapers Use Them!

Walking through most garden centers which carry any variety of house plants you should see an assortment of Bromeliads. The more popular varieties of Aechmea, Guzmania and Vriesea (VREE-zee-uh). Most of these varieties can find a nice place to set up stop in a home an brighten up any room.

We "limit" the size of these house plants assuming they can only be used indoors. With Bromeliads… that simply is not the case. There are varieties you’ll most likely never find in any garden center. One nice feature of the south Florida climate gives landscapers the opportunity to use a whole "class" of Bromeliads outdoors in the landscape.

These "landscape" Bromeliads can become hugh… think the size of the hood of your car! Just like their smaller cousins that brighten a room indoors they do the same for the landscape.

Here’s a species named - Alcanterea Imperialis… large in size, big on color and a "flower" which can only be described as "wild." Enjoy…

Image courtesy Bullis Bromeliads Miami, Florida.