Illia

Welcome! If you do in fact live in zone 8 it is true, you won't get any fruit unless you protect or move your bananas in the winter. Bananas may tolerate light frost but the plant, root not included, will not live through what zone 8 temps may vary to (20's) If you want fruit, best to have patience and overwinter them. Overwintering them means it will be more than a year til you get fruit but it is worth it. There's a section on the forums here that helps you with your most preferred method of overwintering and shows you how they can be done. Plus, YouTube has some good videos on overwintering. Most are on the inedible Basjoo species, but they still give you a good idea.