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alemily · 05-04-2015, 02:04 PM

Tall Namawh...aka "ice cream" if you can find a good-sized pup. If you can get the stem big enough before it stops growing around November-ish, it usually can survive a hard freeze and fruit the following year (mind is leafing out after surviving this past winter of a week barely above 20F)

05-04-2015, 02:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
alemily alemily's Photo Gallery Location: Foley, AL Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 8b/9a, Sunset 28 Name: Amanda Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 284 BananaBucks : 48,445 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 216 Times in 72 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Thinking about what to plant in Zone 8a Tall Namawh...aka "ice cream" if you can find a good-sized pup. If you can get the stem big enough before it stops growing around November-ish, it usually can survive a hard freeze and fruit the following year (mind is leafing out after surviving this past winter of a week barely above 20F) __________________ Fruting: Pisang Awak, Rajapuri, Dwarf Brazilian, Gros Michel, Dwarf Red, FHIA-1 'Goldfinger', Veinte Cohol, FHIA-3 'Sweetheart' Ornamental/Species: M. bauensis, M. velutina, M. "Milky Way", M. "African Red"