AllenF

I just joined and am looking forward to growing several varieties of banana near the south stucco walls of my house and garage.

I understand that if I keep the soil from freezing that some varieties will die back in the fall and recover from the roots in the spring. I plan to use styrofoam insulation and a heat tape to do this. While it would be nice to have fruit, I use my house to grow bananas, palms and other exotics from seed and do not have room to winter the bananas inside.

I am looking for something relatively short, under 12', to grow with trunkless or dwarf palms. Ultimately, as the palms grow over the next 10 years, I am hoping to cover and overwinter the bananas without any die back.

I have some M. velutina seed coming and will be getting M. basjoo in the spring. I am considering dwarf cavendish and would appreciate advice on it and any other banana variety that might work for me.

Thanks in advance for your help

Allen

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