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Old 05-15-2007, 02:05 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: List of cold hardy bananas

In addition to the ones Erlend mentioned, I would add the following:

Musa yunnanensis (started sprouting in Mid-march here in zone 7a!)
Musa 'Royal Purple' - came up around the first of May
Musa mannii

Thought to be cold-hardy, but not thoroughly tested yet:

Musa thomsonii
Musa itinerans varieties
Any Musa sikkimensis hybrid
Musa nagensium
M. violacea

There are other, lesser-known species not yet available in cultivation that will hopefully prove cold-hardy also.
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