Bama Banana
08-15-2009, 04:43 PM
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I bought this plant from Lowes a couple of years ago. It was labeled Ensete Maurelli. It was about the same size then that it is now (it does freeze back to the psuedostem in the winter).
Anyways, I have seen pics of huge Ensete Maurellis...like 15 to 20 feet tall. They even say these are supposed to get up to about 10 feet even with harsh winters.
But mine is just not growing much at all. And it doesn't have very much purple coloring (well almost none)...could that be because of full sun?
I keep it on a drip system, and I have fertilized it twice already this year.
Am I doing something wrong, or do I just have a dwarf variety or something?
I bought this plant from Lowes a couple of years ago. It was labeled Ensete Maurelli. It was about the same size then that it is now (it does freeze back to the psuedostem in the winter).
Anyways, I have seen pics of huge Ensete Maurellis...like 15 to 20 feet tall. They even say these are supposed to get up to about 10 feet even with harsh winters.
But mine is just not growing much at all. And it doesn't have very much purple coloring (well almost none)...could that be because of full sun?
I keep it on a drip system, and I have fertilized it twice already this year.
Am I doing something wrong, or do I just have a dwarf variety or something?