Chad The UC Botancal Garden in Berkeley has a large collection of Puya species, alll growing outside for several decades. They bloom regularly. The most unusual and largest is Puya raimondii from Peru/Bolivia. Said to bloom only after 75-100 yrs in nature, several years ago, we had a bloom in a 26 yr old (planted as seed in the Garden). Many Puya come from mountainous areas. The P. raimondii typically occurs from 10-14,000 ft in the Andes and might well live n Mass. Paul On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 4:49 AM, Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> wrote: > You grow puya! I saw some in Venezuela once. Rumor has it that they have a > tendency to autocombust, and that some kinds take 150 years to flower. Some > have turquoise flowers. Does anybody know what zones they will live in? I´d > love to grow them in Massachusetts for the next 150 years or so. > Jane Sargent > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/