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Originally Posted by Want Them All
All these superlatives make me want to grow one. What red nannas can be grown in zone 9, usa?
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You could try the 'Dwarf Red' (the tall form is a rather large plant), but they are more sensitive to cooler temperatures than most other common bananas, often recieving leaf damage when only in the 40s. They also tend to be slower growing and maturing than other bananas (both in the growth of the plant and fruit, even here in Hawaii sometimes). The plants themselves are nice, with lots of red coloration all over, and for the dwarf a nice stout look, but if you want to successfully grow bananas in a marginal climate, I would look to other hardier cultivars such as 'Dwarf Orinoco', 'Raja Puri', 'Dwarf Namwah' or 'Dwarf Brazilian'.