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Originally Posted by mrbungalow
Itinerans? Are you sure?  Too many people from the UK say they have killed dozens of these.. Stupid question from my side, but sure you don't mean musa basjoo?
I have heard reports from England stating that Itinerans is just borderline for the UK climate, but I guess it depends on if your'e in the Isles of Scilly or in Yorkshire.
As for sikkimensis, the "Red Tiger"-type seems not that vigourous compared to my regular ones. Same goes for "Darjeeling Giant". But Helens' hybrid beats them all in terms of growth. |
Yep, quite sure. Below is a Musa Itinerans which overwintered under my cherry trees with no other protection and didn't even stop growing or lose leaves all winter. Frost wise, Isle of Scilley is zone 10! and I live in the sheltered bottom of a gorge in Devon, which opens up at the sea to funnel warm air from the gulf stream in, which is actually warmer than the Isles of Scilley. Unfortunately it has continuous rain almost all year and is a swamp/rain forest and being at the bottom of a gorge my day length is 3 hours shorter than the rest of Devon and sun? forget it, what's sun!!
The banana is 7.5 ft high from top of pot and is just a pup and yes, they are usually this spindley!
