Musa sikkimensis Ever Red Tetrapanax ostii) From China's Gansu

ostii) From China's Gansu

and we have not seen the original plant

a very hardy species if protected from winter moisture when temperatures fall below 20 degrees F

it has thrived in our very dry rock garden

Musa sikkimensis Ever Red Tetrapanax ostii) From China's GansuMusa 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.