DG Site Updates: Hardy Tropical forum. , 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Non of the new hybrids have names yet. Unfortunately it will be sometime before they are on the market. Hopefully some will be out next year if all goes well. The plants have to be tested in many areas. First they have to be attractive and offer something that is not already on the market. Hardiness is a bit hard to test and some plants as I am sure many of you may know can do great in one yard and die in the next. Musa basjoo is a good case were some do great for people and others struggle with them. So testing this plant for a really accurate hardy rating may take it longer to get it out. The three colocasias that are Colocasia pink China 11 years in zone6 Colocasia big dipper 7 years always protected and Colocasia black Pearl 4 years. I am proud to say I have named each one and most are finding their way to the market.