All these new, rare and exotic plants on ebay.

[harley_babes_hoard]

Firstly it was the the multi coloured roses now we have blue, black purple, lime green wild rare heirloom strawberries. We also have purple, blue, red, pink, rose and orange bananas. Frangipanis have suddenly become available in black, purple violet and blue.

All these wonderful new varieties straight out of china and thailand. Why can't the rest of the world produce these beauties.

[annies_fancy_dress]

I thought Heirloom meant original, unaltered, and reproducable in that state. IE NOT modified like GMO or anything else.

[maranock]

Heirloom is a much misused word. There are hardly any true heirloom vegetables (passed down from parent to child and grown on the same place generation after generation), they should actually be referred to as 'heritage'. This term generally means an old variety, over 50 years old, and open pollinated.

Heritage (heirloom) plants are open pollinated and not GM or hybrid. I grow heritage vegetables in my market garden and often find people confused by all the terms.