Eucomis comosa Deer-Resistant and has taken brief cold

and has taken brief cold near zero degrees in sheltered spots

the male stays cleaner underfoot

and a few cut branches of gold berries bring something rare to a holiday arrangement

the species has been grown in warm-climate gardens long enough that the origins are often forgotten

Slow-growing and eventually ten to twenty feet over decades

Eucomis comosa Deer-Resistant and has taken brief coldThe pineapple lily, Eucomis comosa, is a summer flowering bulb from the grasslands and damp meadows of eastern South Africa, grown the world over for one of the most whimsical flower spikes in the plant kingdom. From a large bulb rise broad, strap shaped leaves, and out of their center in mid to late summer climbs a stout stalk two to three feet tall, densely packed with dozens of small, starry, greenish white flowers and crowned at the very top with