{"product_id":"fascicularia-bicolor-canaliculata","title":"Fascicularia bicolor subsp. canaliculata","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFascicularia bicolor subsp. canaliculata\u003c\/strong\u003e is the connoisseur's form of the famous \u003cstrong\u003ehardy bromeliad\u003c\/strong\u003e: narrower, channelled leaves in graceful arching rosettes, and a constitution rated the toughest of the entire pineapple family. In the wild it perches on trees and rocks along Chile's cool coastline, which is exactly why it laughs at British wind, salt and frost that would destroy any houseplant bromeliad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe party trick is unchanged: in summer the heart of each mature rosette floods bright crimson around a nest of powder-blue flowers, a colour clash nothing else hardy can stage. Each rosette flowers once then offsets freely, so an established mound builds into a spiny, silver-green cushion that repeats the show year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun for the strongest colour; happy in exposed and coastal spots.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e poor, gritty, sharply drained; also thrives in rockery pockets, wall crevices, even tree forks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e rosettes to around 45 cm tall, slowly forming a mound to 1 m across.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e around -8C when dry at the root; we rate it H3 for honesty. Winter wet is the only real enemy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it at the front of a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drought-tolerant-plants\"\u003egravel or dry garden\u003c\/a\u003e, spilling over a wall in a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/coastal-plants\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e, or in a wide terracotta pan among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e. Compare it with the broader-leaved \u003ca href=\"\/products\/fascicularia-bicolor\"\u003eFascicularia bicolor\u003c\/a\u003e we also grow, and with the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStock is genuinely limited; this subspecies is rarely offered in the UK. Our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers winter care honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58369764163967,"sku":"FASCCANA17","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/fascbi.jpg?v=1789653503","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/fascicularia-bicolor-canaliculata","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}