Hello to you all,
Im a UK based Horticulturist who grows hardy bananas to test them out for their potential as exotic look garden plants here in the UK (not as food items sadly).
I'm based at Writtle University College in Essex, and am a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Management (aka Landscape Horticulture) there. Always interested to hear from other cold climate growers of these fascinating plants. I'll hopefully post some pics in the near future of my garden here in Colchester.
http://www.bananas.org/images/smilies/waving_banana.gif