An amazing sport of 'Schwarzwalder' found, according to Plant Delights of NC, by one Frank Patterson of OR.
It has been sold under...Read More other names in all of the excitement, and there have been patents applied for each of its names.
It has a dark red/maroon flower that begs blackness in a certain light. The real appeal is that it has unprecedented dark stems, veins, and (hold on to your seat) edges of leaves, which are well spotted anyhow. It is the most exciting hybrid to come about since the pack mule. All parts of the plant lend themselves to being slighty transparent, which makes 'Black Star' even more head-spinning.
The bright green leaf contrasts with the darkness that frames it, and the whole ensemble is set off with the milky-transparent membranes that are its mottling. These leaves are interesting in that they are almost strappy (from the rehmanii breeding) but spotted, which is lent from either (or both) Z. elliottiana or albomaculata.
An amazing sport of 'Schwarzwalder' found, according to Plant Delights of NC, by one Frank Patterson of OR.
It has been sold under...Read More