Wickerman

Logan Botanical Gardens set the scene in 1973 for the film
Today still blooming well in autumn sunshine. A local crab salad and Ecclefechan tart for lunch in the potting shed bistro and neighbouring locals celebrating a birthday lunch.
Originating from Chile The plant featured is Fascicularia bicolor is a rosette-forming, terrestrial bromeliad with slender, spiny-toothed, rigid, mid to dark-green, evergreen leaves up to 50cm long. In summer each mature rosette produces a dense central cluster of pale sky-blue flowers surrounded by ivory-white bracts. At this time, the innermost leaves of the rosette turn scarlet red.