Now that I'm keeping my eyes on bananas, I've found lots of them around Phoenix, AZ. It is doable in dry areas. I garden on a balcony and have bamboo screen a that for protecting bananas, hibiscus etc... The bamboo screen allows very small slits of sun in during the day and it seems to work well. In fact, my fastest growing bananas only need water every few days. The babies need it every other day. When it gets 105, it probably will need more. But it's amazing... as I'm learning more about desert/patio gardening everyday. Of course I'm moving back to WA next year, but oh well
