Help! We have moved and I want to replant these in the "right" place!
 

My wife started with a single, small plant gifted to her by her mother, and she grew that into several thriving colonies all throughout our old yard. Here was the biggest:



I THINK these are musa tall orinoco plants, but I'd like to confirm that if I can. We have never dug them up before winter, but we do hack them down to about a foot above ground and bury them with dead leaves and bio matter.

On to my question. We have moved to a community where my wife would like to plant some along (or near) the fence line, but I fear that doing so too closely will damage the fence (or encroach on my neighbor's property).

Should I put some kind of root barrier down? If so, how far? Am I safe to plant them without that if I simply back off the fence by several feet?

Any help you experts could offer would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Help! We have moved and I want to replant these in the "right" place!
 

I got the right place. ... Oh well, just plant 'em about 3 ft off the fence.

Re: Help! We have moved and I want to replant these in the "right" place!
 

Your photo was not showing, but it should be showing below here.

It is not 'Orinoco', but rather looks to be Musa basjoo, which is a wild species that does not produce edible fruit.

I would suggest to plant it more like 5ft from a fence to leave some buffer and room for maintenance.

Main Colony