palmtree

I agree. Musa basjoo is your best bet but I have also heard of some musellas (chinese yellow bananas) there as well. These both do not produce edible fruit, the chinese yellow banana does make a beautiful flower at a very small height though. You can plant one that fruits, and dig them up every year. It takes anywhere from 3-5 years for it to make fruit from a baby depending on the growing conditions.

Usually musa basjoo and chinese yellow bananas only require some mulch in Vancouver's climate and if planted in a nice spot probably wont need any care at all.

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