Originally Posted by Kostas

Hello,

I am new here and will be doing an introduction soon at the appropriate category.

After searching most of Musa species,i have decided i want to grow Musa sikkimensis as the Musa of my garden in Pyrgos,Greece(Zone 9b/10a) and maybe in Melissia too(Zone 8b/9a). I am between the Musa sikkimensis sold as the regular one by Rare Palm Seeds and the Red Tiger also from the same site that seems to offer wild collected seed. As these come from different localities,i am very interested in learning what their mature heights are and especially,which one grows the tallest and biggest. Also,i would like to know which variety generally makes the biggest fruits and what their leaf hardiness to cold is. Any other difference these 2 natural varieties have are of interest too so please share any that you know of.

The Red Tiger variety is just a naturally occuring geographic variation,right?

Thank you very much in advance!