Ensete maurelii Chocolate Garden In our trials
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
In our trials
This small Jim Dishon hybrid (H
evergreen silver leaves
starting in mid-February (NC)
We first met Aspidistra elatior 'Akebono' in 1996
Ensete maurelii Chocolate Garden In our trialsWe have long been amazed by Ensete maurelii, an outstanding ornamental banana from the high mountains of East Africa. Growing to only 10' tall in temperate climates (20' tall in tropical areas), Ensete maurelii makes a superb ornamental for the summer border. Each leaf can reach gigantic proportions of 10' long. The most ornamental characteristic is that the foliage is flushed with burgundy, especially concentrated as the new growth emerges. The