Re: Is it a good idea to get a banana plant right now?
My Ice Creams get at least 2x wider pstems than my Mysores. The IC is much more wind tolerant - never had one blow over yet (knock on wood). Every time I've had a Mysore laden with fruit, it has blown over - luckily, the fruit was always far enough along that I could salvage the bunch. Mysores can grow up to 14ft and this can create a problem with the wind factor.
Mysores are slender, graceful, and beautiful with the lavender coloring and I love the fruit. I would not rate them particularly cool-tolerant - they tend to die to the ground at around 27-28F, while my Ice Cream pstems have survived 24F. Either way, they all come back in the spring - you just lose a season of growth.
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Current varieties: Dwarf Namwah, FHIA-03 (Sweetheart), White Iholena, Maoli, Orinoco, Manzano (Apple), Praying Hands, Dwarf Brazilian, Pisang Raja, Rajapuri, Ice Cream (Blue Java), FHIA-01 (Goldfinger), Kandarian
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