My basjoos made it fine through the winter, but the two musa sikkimensis on both sides of the house rotted clean through.They were beautiful last summer and reached over nine feet from a small plants, much nicer than basjoo.Is it because I am in zone six? The temps never went below 7 0r 8 degrees F. They were covered with about 24" of a 32 gallon plastic trash barrel, stuffed with dry leaves with the lid on top. I am thinking that on warm sunny winter days the sun was pulling the moisture out of the ground and there was no ventilation. It just could be that sikkimensis isn't that hardy here. Any thoughts?
