Lotus' Purple Plume

Beautiful, tall plants can reach 6-7.5'tall. Plants have pink stems and ovate green leaves with fuschia pigmented margins and veins. Heavy-topped inflorescences a brilliant magenta. Short branches are found along the stems. Significantly lodged when grown in 2023 at Heritage Farm. Grain (primary use), vegetable, ornamental. Black seeds. From Dr. Alan Kapuler of Peace Seeds (CV Pe1) whose catalogs offered the variety from 1985-1993, but did not provide any historical information about it. In 1994, Peace Seeds began offering their varieties in a catalog called Deep Diversity, which was the result of a partnership between Peace Seeds and Seeds of Change. Deep Diversity carried the variety until 1995. According to SSE’s Garden Seed Inventory (GSI) publications, this variety has been commercially available in the US from 1987-2004, and as of 2014, it can be purchased from several seed companies in the US, UK, and Canada. SSE Accession # 100059