HYBRID VS HEIRLOOM
Jasmin Hill
Heirloom
A Heirloom plant is described as an old cultivar of plants used for the production of food that is maintained by gardeners and farmers. Heirloom plants are not commonly grown in modern large scale agriculture. The age of a Heirloom plant may vary but typically they are at least 50 years old.
Hybrid
A Hybrid plant is the combination, through pollination, of different varieties within a species. Hybridisation happens often in nature through cross pollination and many of our plant species are the result of this.
Sometimes plant species that are genetically capable of hybridisation may be isolated in nature through factors like, differing flowering times, geographic isolation or different pollinators. Species that are bought together by gardeners may naturally come together or hybridisation can be facilitated by us. Hybrids are often created by humans to produce improved plants or to combine desired characteristics of the parent plants.
Heirloom
A Heirloom plant is described as an old cultivar of plants used for the production of food that is maintained by gardeners and farmers. Heirloom plants are not commonly grown in modern large scale agriculture. The age of a Heirloom plant may vary but typically they are at least 50 years old.
Hybrid
A Hybrid plant is the combination, through pollination, of different varieties within a species. Hybridisation happens often in nature through cross pollination and many of our plant species are the result of this.
Sometimes plant species that are genetically capable of hybridisation may be isolated in nature through factors like, differing flowering times, geographic isolation or different pollinators. Species that are bought together by gardeners may naturally come together or hybridisation can be facilitated by us. Hybrids are often created by humans to produce improved plants or to combine desired characteristics of the parent plants.