No blooms, but plenty of plants!!!

Randy4ut · 08-19-2008, 02:30 PM

I am sooo jealous of everyone's blooms/fruit as I have yet to have any except on my velutina. Anyway, just thought I would post a couple of pics of what I have...

First off, I thought I would post a pic of what my yard looks like from the road. The 'WALL' or fence is 12' at the corner...

Saba (8' of pstems) These started out as new pups this spring...

Velutina had a rough year... I think I took too many divisions off it.

Musa Basjoo

Orinoco in castor beans

Laterita

Musella (Thanks, Brent!!!)

Ice Cream (6'3" of pstem)

Musa 'Balboa Park'

'Balboa Park' leaf

'Balboa Park' pstem

Mannii

Veinte Cohol (4'10" pstem)

Zebrinus

Brazilian

Bordelon

Bordelon leaf

Balbisiana Gigantea (Thanks BigDog!) 5' pstem

Gigantea pup (look at how large the leaves are!!!)

'Thai Gold' (Thanks, SteveL) (Have more in pots to overwinter inside)

I have alot more potted up and going inside this year... To see them and some others, just click on the link!!!
Hope you enjoyed. IF anyone has a bloom dance they know, please pass it on!!!

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mike · 08-19-2008, 02:54 PM

No blooms but one beautiful yard and tons beautiful plants. Very nice.

Lagniappe · 08-19-2008, 02:54 PM

It all looks GREAT Randy !
Maybe the Bordelons will bloom this year .

Taylor · 08-19-2008, 02:58 PM

Everything looks great, Randy! That Saba really catches my attention...

Bananaman88 · 08-19-2008, 03:10 PM

Great job!!

buzzwinder · 08-19-2008, 03:30 PM

Thanks for the pics Randy, your plants are awesome, wish I could get that kind of growth here in N.Illinois, all mine are in pots, next year after the final frost, I'm putting my Basjoo's in the ground and maybe a couple of the others, gotta read up some more on the Dwarf Cav. as its been in the big bucket since last July, and needs more root space.

bigdog · 08-19-2008, 05:02 PM

Randy, that Musa balbisiana 'Gigantea' looks great! Mine is about that tall, but still in a pot if you can imagine. Your 'Balboa Park' M. sikkimensis hybrid looks nice also. Heck, it all looks good! I took some pics today of the Musa velutina that you gave to me, and that I then divided and gave some to the UT Gardens. There is one bloom, and another one coming soon.

Mike_J · 08-19-2008, 06:09 PM

wow great stuff !! DAMN!!!

saltydad · 08-19-2008, 07:06 PM

Just beautiful. You should be proud.

CookieCows · 08-19-2008, 08:48 PM

I'm SO impressed!!

Do you know how you're going to overwinter your Saba yet?

Deb

Dean W. · 08-19-2008, 10:21 PM

Looks great, Randy!

seagrapes · 08-19-2008, 10:55 PM

Your plants really look good!!! Do you dig all that stuff up for winter, or is it just covered in place?

Chironex · 08-20-2008, 12:06 AM

Gorgeous! Simply gorgeous!

Steve L · 08-20-2008, 07:26 AM

Nice Randy

Randy4ut · 08-20-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bigdog

Randy, that Musa balbisiana 'Gigantea' looks great! Mine is about that tall, but still in a pot if you can imagine. Your 'Balboa Park' M. sikkimensis hybrid looks nice also. Heck, it all looks good! I took some pics today of the Musa velutina that you gave to me, and that I then divided and gave some to the UT Gardens. There is one bloom, and another one coming soon.

Thanks, Frank!!! I really do like the look of the gigantea's leaves. They are so different than the others. I am amazed at the size of the leaves on such small pups... Glad to hear the velutina is finally do well for you. As far as the 'Balboa' goes, this is my second try with it and Rob was kind enough to give me one that had a little more size to it. I am looking forward to seeing what it will do in the future. You still need to come down!!!

Randy4ut · 08-20-2008, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CookieCows

I'm SO impressed!!

Do you know how you're going to overwinter your Saba yet?

Deb

Deb, these are pups that came up from the mother corm this spring. The main pstem didn't overwinter as well as I had hoped, so I think I will treat them like the basjoo with the exception of a layer of plastic and then several more inches of mulch... Hope this works, but I feel it will be fine...

Randy4ut · 08-20-2008, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seagrapes

Your plants really look good!!! Do you dig all that stuff up for winter, or is it just covered in place?

Thanks... Some of the plants are new and I will be testing some of them. If there are pups on some of the questionable ones, I will dig them and leave some out to try and see how they do... Will be interesting to see how it does over the winter...

jen · 08-20-2008, 08:41 AM

Okay first your yard looks amazing. Very nice! That Zebrinus is so tropical looking and so pretty with the red in it.

My leaves look similar to your "Balboa Park" I searched for this trying to find out what it is and I can't seem to find it. Does is have another name. Sorry for my newbieness.

Jen

Randy4ut · 08-20-2008, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jen

Okay first your yard looks amazing. Very nice! That Zebrinus is so tropical looking and so pretty with the red in it.

My leaves look similar to your "Balboa Park" I searched for this trying to find out what it is and I can't seem to find it. Does is have another name. Sorry for my newbieness.

Jen

Thanks Jen, for the compliment. As far as the 'Balboa Park', we are still not exactly sure what it is. A friend of mine brought some seeds back from San Diego's Balboa Park a couple of years ago, and got the plants started. There are a few of us that have one and some discussions have been started concerning what it is exactly. We do believe it is a sikkimensis of some sort, but other than that, no one seems to know.

Here is all the info that has been discussed on this plant...

Unknown Seeded Banana Presented for ID

cactus6103 · 08-20-2008, 02:28 PM

Very nice. I hope to look half that good someday. Red

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