This is a very good year for growing bananas in Arkansas. While the summer was dry, we had bought of rain here and there with just a slight drought. I was awarded with blooms from my two types of bananas: musa basjoo and musella lasiocarpa. My musa basjoo clump is 3 years old. My musella started producing a flower in early spring and continued to produce flowers all along the pseudostem all summer. The blooms lasted throughout the growing season.
Musa basjoo
Musella lasiocarpa
Austin
Little Rock, AR
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Austin
Arkansas River Valley
Average January Low: 31°F, Average August High: 92°F
Extreme Winter Lows: 5-15°F, Extreme Summer Highs: 100-112°F, Annual Precipitation: 52 inches