Larryrolson

I live south of Atlanta which has been classified as zone 7B. I have had these bananas in the ground for close to 20 years now. I have never protected them not even with mulch and I learned early on not to cut them back in anyway.

My neighbor who has the bananas that I got my pups from would cut them to the ground every year and they would take forever to recover in the spring. I guess because I was just a little lazy I never touch them in the fall and I let them fall over as they froze they would lose the top few feet. But in the spring they would push a new leaf right out the side of the Old stem and continue to grow where they left off. As a result right now I have a stand a very tall banana trees that will flower in a good year.

Hope that helps.
Larry