Last summer I planted a Saba in front of the family house on Edisto Beach here in South Carolina. It was on the west side of the house. There was a lot of wind damage, but the tree is robust.
About a half mile down the beach, I saw a nice matt of tall bananas on the east side of the house. There is less leaf damage. The close up shows what I believe to be a bunch of bananas. It was private property, so I did not investigate further. The matt also looks pretty well untended.
I decided to try to grow a matt of Brazilians on the east side of our house. It is close to the ocean, but right near our outside shower, to give it extra water.
We don't get too much east wind until the winter north easters blow in. I 'll be interested to see how the leaves do in the salt air. We rarely get overwash from high tides, but I have seen that happen too.
Does anyone else have experience with beach-side bananas?