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Old 06-27-2019, 10:43 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Atlanta Zoo Banana Ident

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Awesome tropical space you have there.

Here is my take.
Your basjoos seem to be reaching 1/3 of their size for some reason.
In your zone with good soil and fertilization they could attain a 9 ft pstem with 12foot leaves or about 20 ft tall in a growing season
That is due to my transplanting. I've been moving things around. I had a pool put in and it demolished all my landscaping. The original clump still gets up to 15ft tall. I also do fertilize use super soil and hit it with fish emulsion but not as much this year as concentrating on other landscaping.

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The banana plant in the photo looks like a common type Orinoco/Tall Namwah with the understory plants being Tetrapanax.
The Tetrapanax T.rex has a large tropical look and is a good spreader but it could grow too large for the area.
Nice and is that a cold hardy? It looked it and didn't look moved.

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All plants are readily available and are cool hardy for your zone .
All the vendors on the forum will have a plant that has the height requirement or taller that you want.....just send them a message and they will be happy to help you out.
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