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xyzzy · 06-26-2007, 12:30 PM

I have given up on Basjoo due to the winds here, but other types take the wind far better - in fact almost everything does better here than basjoo! Ensete Ventricosum takes hell of a wind without damage, and just scrapes through our winters 2 years out of three without protection. Musa Itinerans (yunnan) gets shredded, but recovers faster than M Basjoo. Musella flowers here nicely:-

06-26-2007, 12:30 PM	#19 (permalink)
xyzzy Tropically Bonkers Location: Devon, UK. Find me on the map! Zone: 9b, but UK so no sun, always raining and infested with slugs. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 BananaBucks : 28,543 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Musa Basjoo/Musella lasiocarpa I have given up on Basjoo due to the winds here, but other types take the wind far better - in fact almost everything does better here than basjoo! Ensete Ventricosum takes hell of a wind without damage, and just scrapes through our winters 2 years out of three without protection. Musa Itinerans (yunnan) gets shredded, but recovers faster than M Basjoo. Musella flowers here nicely:- __________________ There is no such thing as can't grow it - but the determination required may lose you your partner, family and friends - but does that matter?.