Spott
08-16-2008, 08:37 AM
Ok, a few days ago I'm walking through the Home Depot plant dept (I just can't resist) looking for unusual plants. I stumbled upon what was labeled as "Winter Hardy banana plant".
There is of course no ID whatsoever about it apart from info for its care.
Here is a brief summary from the supplied tag:
Plant height 10-15 feet
Spacing 6 feet
This hardy banana can grow 2 feet per week with 6 foot leaves. Creamy yellow blooms are followed by ornamental yellow/green fruit.
Cut back to 2 feet after first frost and use the pruned leaves as protective cover through the winter.
So I bought two..... one I planted outside in full sun and the other I keep inside just in case the other fails.
Here are two pics I just took of the one inside to help with ID.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/Wolfzbane/Plants/coldhardymusa1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/Wolfzbane/Plants/coldhardymusa2.jpg
There is of course no ID whatsoever about it apart from info for its care.
Here is a brief summary from the supplied tag:
Plant height 10-15 feet
Spacing 6 feet
This hardy banana can grow 2 feet per week with 6 foot leaves. Creamy yellow blooms are followed by ornamental yellow/green fruit.
Cut back to 2 feet after first frost and use the pruned leaves as protective cover through the winter.
So I bought two..... one I planted outside in full sun and the other I keep inside just in case the other fails.
Here are two pics I just took of the one inside to help with ID.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/Wolfzbane/Plants/coldhardymusa1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/Wolfzbane/Plants/coldhardymusa2.jpg