Jeff
07-28-2010, 05:52 PM
About 8 years ago when I was still living in Tampa, my friend Rmplmnz gave me a small Musa basjoo corm. I mailed it to my sister who lives in PA (Philly suburbs) and told her to plant it in her yard. They laughed at the corm and thought it was ugly but went ahead and planted it anyway. By the end of the summer they had a nice sized plant. I explained to my brother-in-law how to protect it for the winter and he has been doing so every year since. That one banana has grown into a huge clump over the years and it's the talk of the neighborhood every summer! My family loves it and looks forward to uncovering it every spring.
It has flowered other years, but normally it flowers in the spring right after it is uncovered when it only has one or two leaves and the flower always shrivels up. This year the clump has two big nice looking flowers on it.
The clump in mid July this year. They get much taller by the end of the season.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34933&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34933&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34937&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34937&ppuser=43)
big flowers!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34932&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34932&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34936&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34936&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34931&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34931&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34930&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34930&ppuser=43)
Back patio
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34929&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34929&ppuser=43)
They have started some pups in pots for around their patio. My B-I-L puts them in their heated basement in the winter and brings them back outside in the spring.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34935&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34935&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34934&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34934&ppuser=43)
It has flowered other years, but normally it flowers in the spring right after it is uncovered when it only has one or two leaves and the flower always shrivels up. This year the clump has two big nice looking flowers on it.
The clump in mid July this year. They get much taller by the end of the season.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34933&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34933&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34937&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34937&ppuser=43)
big flowers!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34932&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34932&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34936&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34936&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34931&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34931&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34930&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34930&ppuser=43)
Back patio
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34929&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34929&ppuser=43)
They have started some pups in pots for around their patio. My B-I-L puts them in their heated basement in the winter and brings them back outside in the spring.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34935&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34935&ppuser=43)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34934&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34934&ppuser=43)