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adrift
03-07-2009, 07:29 PM
I just got permission from Mrs. Adrift to put some nanners in another location of the yard. :woohoonaner:

The ice cream pups I recently moved probably would fit the bill but I hate to dig them up again and probably there is something even better.

I'd like a banana that fairly quickly gets at least 5 feet of clear pstem, 6 or 8 feet is even better, and has a big thick canopy providing good shade below. (Shade tree nanna.) Does not pup excessively. Corm must be hardy to zone 9a (last 2 years saw 25-27 degrees), ideally the pstem will be hardy to that temperature but leaf damage is OK. Edible fruit and pretty flowers are not required. Native soil is mildly acidic dirty sand, but amendments are available. Shouldn't cost an arm and a leg, and is actually available in the US.

lorax
03-07-2009, 08:54 PM
Ensete springs to mind.... I am particularly fond of E. ventricosum, myself.

island cassie
03-07-2009, 09:01 PM
My Saba don't pup much - Orinoco are nice but mine pup like there is no tomorrow - always taking them off!

adrift
03-07-2009, 09:14 PM
Ensete springs to mind.... I am particularly fond of E. ventricosum, myself.

Thanks for that idea, I do love the look of them. But they don't seem to like the humidity here. (Based on: http://www.bananas.org/f16/ensete-ventricosum-maurelii-variegated-1299.html and similar postings on the net.)

Has your experience been different?

lorax
03-07-2009, 10:08 PM
Where I live is about 80-90% humidity and the straight E. ventricosum does great guns. And ask Tog, who lives in rainy Malaysia, about it. His seem to do just fine.

Tog Tan
03-08-2009, 03:10 AM
Thanks for that idea, I do love the look of them. But they don't seem to like the humidity here. (Based on: http://www.bananas.org/f16/ensete-ventricosum-maurelii-variegated-1299.html and similar postings on the net.)

Has your experience been different?

KJ, where I am, I am hardly dry most of the year. I have most of the Ensete's which are available on the market and they all love the weather here. If they are in the pot, I will even water them if the rain is not heavy enaf! The only thing about these guys is that when really young (from seed), they like it dry with a porous media. I love them cos of their clean solitary non-pupping growth. Ideal for landscaping, no maintainence and a great centre piece. Only thing is that you will have to regrow from seed when they bloom and die. It's really worth it, so have your back up plants ready before that time comes. All the best!

Kylie2x
03-08-2009, 03:34 PM
How about a Thai Black.. Beautiful P-stem hardy z7~10 very easy to grow ..Love this one!!!
Kylie:waving: