Originally Posted by bananaT

I live right inside polk county in the tampa bay area.
Ive had 3 frost in my area so far this year, and only have a few burnt leaves.
All of my bananas are still in full swing fruiting.
I only grow what will survive here.
Heres a list of cold tolerant varieties that will survive right down to, and past 32 degrees with stalks still alive. And they'll starting growing again with the warm time in between cold fronts. So they bounce back from the cold really well. Not all varieties that can take the cold will still grow well with the temp swings.

These ones still grow well with low temps.
Orinoco-fruiting right now
Raja puri-fruiting right now
Nam wah-fruiting right now
Patupi-fruiting right now
Goldfinger
Pitogo
Mysore
1000 fingers

these ones can take the cold but they tend to stop growing until they have consistant warm temps.
Red
Veinte cohol
"True" Ice cream
Gros micheal