I grow three species of puya in Victoria Canada. They have been outside for 20 years. I cover them with glass panes to keep rain off them. They don't like cold and wet. Dry and cold is fine. Calvor Palmateer Victoria BC Canada Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Leo Martin <stnalpsoel@gmail.com> wrote: > > Few of them tolerate much frost, and many tolerate no frost. They are > warm-growing, full-sun plants, except in hellish climates, like where I > live. They also struggle severely with hot night-time temperatures. If you > live in a rainy climate, grow them in pure pumice, or something equally > fast-draining. The high alpine ones are even harder to grow in warm > climates, so stick with the lower-elevation ones. Puya laxa is a very > attractive plant with narrow, white-flocked leaves. I think it could be > managed easily in a 1-gallon / 3.78 liter pot. > > Leo Martin > Zone 9? > Phoenix Arizona USA > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/