Skagit Valley Herald: On Gardening: Pineapple lily production a crowning achievement for gardeners The Garden Guy fell in love with the pineapple lily during the years as director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden in Savannah. Every year they returned and did their beautiful display without ... Herald & Review: On Gardening: Pineapple lily easy to grow, exotically beautiful Once you start growing the pineapple lily, you’ll wonder why you haven’t been growing it for years.

Understanding the Context

Sparkling Burgundy was the first one to intrigue me at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens as it ... Tulsa World: In Our Gardens: Pineapple lilies get a hospitable welcome in Oklahoma gardens In Our Gardens: Pineapple lilies get a hospitable welcome in Oklahoma gardens In Colonial America, the rare pineapple fruit was often depicted in finials and other garden ornaments as a sign of hospitality. Today, we consider the pineapple a common fruit. However, the South ...

Key Insights

Since the 1820s, pineapple has been commercially grown in greenhouses and many tropical plantations. The fruit, particularly its juice, has diverse uses in cuisines and desserts. Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit.