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siege2050
10-26-2013, 01:04 AM
What are some Banana varieties, fruiting and not, that are root hardy to zone 7, possibly stem hardy with good protection? The main thing is for the corm to not die, fruiting optional.

siege2050
10-26-2013, 01:15 AM
What about musa 'Royal Purple'?

jmoore
10-26-2013, 01:38 AM
That is an Ornata species, so not hardy.

You need any of the sikkimensis sub species like:
Sikkimensis
Sikkimensis 'red tiger'; 'Darjeeling giant'; 'gigantea'; 'manipur'
Musa Basjoo

seeds, apart from Basjoo, are readily available.

austinl01
10-26-2013, 02:04 PM
Ornata is root hardy for zone 8a at least.

jmoore
10-26-2013, 02:07 PM
Not sure I'd like to test that.

Olafhenny
10-26-2013, 05:39 PM
If you have to regrow them each spring from the corm (roots) and/or a short piece of PS in HZ7,
I doubt, that your season will be long enough to even get a flower, let alone fruit. Up here in the
Great White North we have to unfortunately content ourselves with enjoying the foliage or built
greenhouses. :(