Musa Picasso Symphyotrichum The fertile fronds of Osmunda

The fertile fronds of Osmunda cinnamomea arise in spring just above the sterile foliage as phallic

This is truly hard to describe well

It is worth growing other selections of Aromatic aster such as 'Raydon's Favorite' which bloom for the month of October

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Musa Picasso Symphyotrichum The fertile fronds of OsmundaMusa 'Picasso' is a name we gave to a previously unnamed group of hybrid seedlings from a cross of Musa laeterita x Musa sikkimensis that came to us originally as seed from India. For us, Musa 'Picasso' is one of the shortest of the hardy bananas, topping out for us at 12' tall. The leaves are a lovely green with dark purple streaks, while the back of the leaves emerge a nice cinnamon red. Based on the parentage, we would expect Musa 'Picasso' to be