PhilMusa
09-16-2005, 09:50 PM
Hi Everyone,
I live near Toronto and yes I'm growing bananas (Musa Basjoo) outside in Canada. What a remarkable plant. This is my second year with them. Started with a small plant about 12" tall. It grew to about 7ft the first year with 4 pups. I now have over 10 plants and some of them are over 11 ft.(pseudostem over 6ft) not bad considering they froze to the ground last winter. I also have another banana plant outdoors but I'm not sure what it is. All I know is that I need to bring it in before the cold sets in. I hope to try other Banana plants in the future to see if I could create a microclimate in my small backyard. If anyone has suggestions on other banana plants or hardy tropicals that I could try to over winter here in a zone 5b/6a I would appreciate it.
Regards.
I live near Toronto and yes I'm growing bananas (Musa Basjoo) outside in Canada. What a remarkable plant. This is my second year with them. Started with a small plant about 12" tall. It grew to about 7ft the first year with 4 pups. I now have over 10 plants and some of them are over 11 ft.(pseudostem over 6ft) not bad considering they froze to the ground last winter. I also have another banana plant outdoors but I'm not sure what it is. All I know is that I need to bring it in before the cold sets in. I hope to try other Banana plants in the future to see if I could create a microclimate in my small backyard. If anyone has suggestions on other banana plants or hardy tropicals that I could try to over winter here in a zone 5b/6a I would appreciate it.
Regards.