Musa sikkimensis Ever Red South America Cuba Center trials (2007-2009 and

Cuba Center trials (2007-2009 and 2018-2020)

our current thinking leans toward a hybrid population

Crinum moorei is atypical in that it prefers to grow in light shade

eventually to 4' tall

erect flower stalks

Musa sikkimensis Ever Red South America Cuba Center trials (2007-2009 andMusa sikkimensis 'Ever Red' is an exciting new clonal selection of the hardy Sikkim banana, with dramatic, irregularly streaked, red purple foliage, radiating out from the 14' tall, football lineman sized trunk. Despite on line, fake news reports of winter hardiness in Zone 5, it's only possible for it to survive 15 to 20F in the ground, if you build a greenhouse around it.