Atlanta Banana sources
 

Hey there everyone. I'm going to be in the Atlanta area in a while for work and will have some days to kill so I figured I would ask if anyone can suggest good nursuries or other places to view and/or buy some banana plants.
Anywhere within an hour every direction would be best.:416:

Thanks for any help.
Jason

Re: Atlanta Banana sources
 

Hey Jay,
If you have a little more time, like half a day, hollar' at me as I live less than 2 hours north of Atlanta and would love to meet you. I will see what I can find out about good banana nuseries and get back with you...
Randy

Re: Atlanta Banana sources
 

I was in Atlanta last month for a week. Prior to going I did a search for nurseries and found several including Target, Walmart and Home Depot. None of them had any tropical plants including bananas. I did buy Vidalia onions to carry back to California. Don't ask me why as we have onions in California. Maybe it was that I had nothing tropical to take back. Atleast I will have onions to harvest soon.

Good luck!

Andrew

Re: Atlanta Banana sources
 

Yeah, but those Vidalia onions are sweet as sugar. We are about 45 min from where they grow'em. Can't get enough of them.

Re: Atlanta Banana sources
 

You can find a few places that carry bananas...Home Depot, Walmart, Pike's Nursey, Randy's Nursury and Hastings Garden Center to name a few. I am not sure that you will find anything particular variety that you cannot find out west. Here are the web site links below:

Hastings Garden Center http://www.hastingsgardencenter.com/
Pike's Pike Nurseries
Randy's Randy's - Location & Hours

Re: Atlanta Banana sources
 

Jay,
Here is a link to what a friend of mine in Atlanta had to say...
Hardy Palm and Subtropical Board: I cannot seem to log into Bananas board to respond, but...

Re: Atlanta Banana sources
 

Jay,
Here is another link to a response I got from another friend of mine that was just down in the Atlanta area a couple of weeks ago. Sounds like I need to make a trip down there myself just to look around. Please, let us know what you see when you get back...
Randy

Hardy Palms In Temperate Zones Board : yes