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Dyckia x 'Iron Spikes'
Iron Spikes dyckia!
This plant was a selection we made from a batch of Dyckia velascana open pollinated seedlings. We suspect that the pollen parent was D. platyphylla but we did not spy on the hummingbird that made the cross, so we don't know for sure. The plant has compact rosettes of stiff, spike-like leaves that are cola colored with silver castings on the top of the leaves and silver beneath. The leaf margins are spiny, but not recurved, so when you get poked, you can get away quickly and are not held and tortured.
We have been impressed with its hardiness. We left it outside, exposed on tables this winter. It received no damage into the upper 20's while other similarly exposed Dyckia received moderate leaf damage. Ultimate hardiness is unknown, but it has great potential.
