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The caudex is subterranean but can be elevated to the surface
Grows in tangled clusters with silvery
gracefully recurving spiny leaves in a 36 inch rosette
Plant this species with at least a third or even half of the bulb above the ground level
The many leaves are silvery
Dyckia 'Silver Back' VIPP 5-20-19 The caudex is subterranean butThis plant came to us years ago as species fosteriana, and although the bloom spike resembles that species, the plant does not. The wide leaves, big spines and deep silver coloration inspired our former terrestrial grower, Ray Lemieux, to name it after an old male gorilla. He said "It's big and bad". A choice plant.
