Fascicularia bicolor

This incredible bromeliad is native to the cool, temperate regions of Chile and is one of the most cold-hardy bromeliads currently known. Thriving in cooler regions than its tropical cousins, Fascicularia is known to be right at home in areas like Great Britain, coastal British Columbia, and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. With slender and graceful, dark green leaves, this bromeliad grows rosettes that eventually turn scarlet when they showcase the soft, lavender compound bloom at their core.

Hardy to approximately 15 degrees Fahrenheit, this hardy bromeliad will eventually grow to form a clump that can reach three feet high and wide, but can be kept smaller through division of the pups. This plant is drought hardy and can often be found in the wild growing as an epiphyte in the canopy of trees and on cliffsides.

Cold hardy to zone 8b or to 15 degrees Fahrenheit.