This plant was grown from Seed which germinated in 1998 and planted out in the summer of 2002.
Winter protection
This plant has received no protection and has shown no signs of wet/frost damage. The plant has shown hardiness in the UK climate. It has survived temperatures of -7˚ Celsius (while wet).
Flower
This plants has not flowered to date. Colour unknown.
Seed Collection data
The seed was purchased from the BCSS annual seed list but the collection data on this plants has been lost. Im unaware the origins of this plant and would apresiate any information on this plant.
Hardiness of species
The hardiness of this plant is unknown as I am unable to find any hardiness information on this plant.
UPDATE JULY 2006
This plant has been reduced in size due to cutting being taken to increas stock for hardiness experiments to take place this winter. The plant remains in a unprotected bed and recieves no protection of any means from the full effects of the UK winter. This plant suffers a little winter damage which shows as pad die back. I would say that a quarter of the pads are lost during the winter but are quickly replaced during the spring/summer growing period. This plant tolerated tempratures down to -12 degrees celsius during the winter of 2005/06 while wet. A few pads died during the april frosts but the plant soon recovered and now looks very healthy with numerious new pads growing. Even though the plant dies back slightly in winter it still proves to tolerate the UK winter with very little problems.
This plant was grown from Seed which germinated in 1998 and planted out in the summer of 2002.
