Simply Bananas
08-11-2008, 10:03 AM
Last summer I planted a Saba in front of the family house on Edisto Beach here in South Carolina. It was on the west side of the house. There was a lot of wind damage, but the tree is robust.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5920.jpg
About a half mile down the beach, I saw a nice matt of tall bananas on the east side of the house. There is less leaf damage. The close up shows what I believe to be a bunch of bananas. It was private property, so I did not investigate further. The matt also looks pretty well untended.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5923.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5923_1.jpg
I decided to try to grow a matt of Brazilians on the east side of our house. It is close to the ocean, but right near our outside shower, to give it extra water.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5922.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5921.jpg
We don't get too much east wind until the winter north easters blow in. I 'll be interested to see how the leaves do in the salt air. We rarely get overwash from high tides, but I have seen that happen too.
Does anyone else have experience with beach-side bananas?
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5920.jpg
About a half mile down the beach, I saw a nice matt of tall bananas on the east side of the house. There is less leaf damage. The close up shows what I believe to be a bunch of bananas. It was private property, so I did not investigate further. The matt also looks pretty well untended.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5923.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5923_1.jpg
I decided to try to grow a matt of Brazilians on the east side of our house. It is close to the ocean, but right near our outside shower, to give it extra water.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5922.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/100_5921.jpg
We don't get too much east wind until the winter north easters blow in. I 'll be interested to see how the leaves do in the salt air. We rarely get overwash from high tides, but I have seen that happen too.
Does anyone else have experience with beach-side bananas?