cold hardy banana's which are the best..

smurf428 · 10-02-2011, 12:24 PM

Hi everyone I'm living in zone 7b northern alabama. I was wondering what banana's you grow in similar zones?? I only have basjoo this year and am hoping to expand next year. I dont mind wrapping them every year, or bringing them in for there first winter. I however dont want to be digging them up every year to store them. Just wondering what ones i can look for.
thanks jen

kaczercat · 10-02-2011, 06:00 PM

Orinoco is zone 7 hardinesses and maybe california gold and musa texas star.

sunfish · 10-02-2011, 06:15 PM

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...wnnRGQ&cad=rja

stevelau1911 · 10-02-2011, 07:22 PM

I'm almost 2 zones colder than you in zone 6A, and here's an update on my collection so far.
Steve's garden: Fall update on the Banana plants

I also have musa mekong giant on order already since that is supposed to have purple psuedostems, grow faster than musa basjoo, and perhaps focus on gaining size as opposed to musa basjoo which seems to be more aggressive in producing as many pups as possible.

palmtree · 10-02-2011, 11:00 PM

Definitely Velutina and Saba might do well if wrapped as well. If you are willing to wrap your bananas during the winter, you have a lot of options since a southern zone 7 is much milder than one by me!

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stevelau1911 stevelau1911's Photo Gallery Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 456 BananaBucks : 144,714 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 51 Times Was Thanked 558 Times in 256 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 24 Times	Re: cold hardy banana's which are the best.. I'm almost 2 zones colder than you in zone 6A, and here's an update on my collection so far. Steve's garden: Fall update on the Banana plants I also have musa mekong giant on order already since that is supposed to have purple psuedostems, grow faster than musa basjoo, and perhaps focus on gaining size as opposed to musa basjoo which seems to be more aggressive in producing as many pups as possible. __________________ I'm in zone 6 upstate NY, specialize in growing temperate cold hardy bamboos(mainly phyllostachys) and starting to get into bananas. my picture website is http://www.flickr.com/photos/31489820@N02/ http://stevespeonygarden.blogspot.com/

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palmtree palmtree 's Photo Gallery Location: New York City Find me on the map! Zone: 7b Name: Alex C Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,016 BananaBucks : 103,719 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,492 Times Was Thanked 1,428 Times in 644 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 103 Times	Re: cold hardy banana's which are the best.. Definitely Velutina and Saba might do well if wrapped as well. If you are willing to wrap your bananas during the winter, you have a lot of options since a southern zone 7 is much milder than one by me! __________________ Location: New York City, zone 7b

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