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Hello Everyone,
I found this website today and wanted to join so I can learn more about Bananas.
I live in Texas (Corpus Christi [Zone 9b] )and after Winter Storm Uri I lost about half of my garden, almost everything I wasn't able to bring into my garage. I had grow lights ready to keep them happy while they were in the garage for warmth, did not expect to lose power for almost a week...
Anyways, while planting new things I picked up a beautiful plant I had never seen before, the leaves had such a glossy shine, the coloration unlike anything I had every seen before. Honestly it reminded me of the green and red stripes on the Ford's in Jurassic Park. It was a Musa Sumatrana x cross, I bought it and put it straight into a pot because I was terrified if I planted it I would lose it to another freeze next year.
That was in early April, so I dragged it inside for a chilly night here or there (just 40's and 50's, but I wanted to be careful).
It has continued to grow beautifully, but I couldn't find another anywhere in my area.
I ended up buying a second beautiful banana plant, an Ensete ventricosum maurelii just for the gorgeous leaves and bright red stems. This time I was confident enough to plant it in the ground and it has been growing well.
One thing led to another and now I have a second Ensete in my front yard, and just got my hands on what is allegedly another musa sumatrana x cross, but the redness just isn't the same (I'm not sure if it's because the plant is so young, its within natural variation, or its mislabeled).
I have been restraining myself from just filling my yard with beautiful Banana plants, but it isn't easy lol. And I just started!
So here I am, making an account on Bananas.org
I will post some pictures of my plants on my gallery ASAP.
-Mr. Lopez
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