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Michael Smith
06-11-2019, 01:12 PM
Looking for a short ornamental Musa with thich textured, wide leaves. Any suggested cultivars?

beam2050
06-11-2019, 01:22 PM
dwarf red for one

cincinnana
06-11-2019, 05:31 PM
Any dwarf or super dwarf variety plant will work.
All have wide green leaves.

My favorite is Truly Tiny.

pjkfarm
06-11-2019, 06:37 PM
how about Ensete maurelli? Not exactly a musa, nor a dwarf, but for a year or two can be spectacular, then chop it down and go for the pups and start all over again:-)

Michael Smith
06-11-2019, 06:40 PM
That sounds like a great idea. I've never tried to grow an ensete and cut it down to make pups. I have a small ensete glaucum. Maybe I can try with that.

edwmax
06-11-2019, 07:30 PM
How about this Musa Silk ... no maintenance needed or watering.



https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/615kR7alB8L._SY741_.jpg



It can be purchased here: Musa Silk (https://www.amazon.com/Nearly-Natural-5226-Triple-Banana/dp/B00BEJ9Q8I/ref=sr_1_3?gclid=Cj0KCQjwov3nBRDFARIsANgsdoGk3-EIJOIS7LuW3xDa9mbSskUedxsT8UTR7QiD_8q4JOv9o4rJBCEaAjKgEALw_wcB&hvadid=241621312023&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9014133&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12885630409854173301&hvtargid=kwd-303301969348&hydadcr=15141_10347907&keywords=banana+plant+artificial&qid=1560298431&s=gateway&sr=8-3) and shipping is free.


:ha::ha: ...:bananas_b

Michael Smith
06-11-2019, 07:54 PM
Thanks but I really don't like fake plants!

edwmax
06-11-2019, 08:27 PM
haha ... but they are ornamental. ...:bananas_b

HMelendez
06-11-2019, 08:46 PM
haha ... but they are ornamental. ...:bananas_b




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Yug
06-12-2019, 11:15 AM
I grew a dwarf Red, Not really an ornamental since the fruit was edible, but had wide leathery leaves. It was the toughest-leaved banana I had ever grown. Lots of red on trunk/pups/fruit.

Michael Smith
06-12-2019, 11:20 AM
Sounds like dwarf red and Truly Tiny are the popular choices. What's the best place to mail order these from?

cincinnana
06-12-2019, 02:39 PM
Sounds like dwarf red and Truly Tiny are the popular choices. What's the best place to mail order these from?

Do you have a height limit.

With leaves Dwarf red is 5x taller than a Truly Tiny
Dwarf is misleading in bananas, dwarf is still big and tall if space is an issue.

You want any Super Dwarf variety
If you want foiliage any super dwarf plant will work for you.

A Super Dwarf Cavendish/ Little Prince /Truly Tiny type plant will work well.
The foiliage of all the plants are similar.

There are a few vendors on the forum who sell these plants.
Big box stores have them also .

pjkfarm
06-12-2019, 05:22 PM
Sounds like dwarf red and Truly Tiny are the popular choices. What's the best place to mail order these from?
Wal Mart last week started carrying them in the mid-atlantic (super dwarf cavendish) - But it is so dwarf that I think it loses much of its "banana" appeal