I have just found this forum and can't wait to get reading ... have to attend to the children and do some chores first though!
Our banana 'tree' is in a sorry state at present, we have had no idea how to look after it (neither did the previous owners I think) so it is a mass of dried and torn leaves and is probably 1-2 metres in diameter with stems firmly packed up against each other. It is spring here in New Zealand so I hope after reading up on how to care for it there will still be time for it to fruit. Here's hoping anyway.
Sue