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Kingfish · 08-19-2009, 08:22 AM

Greetings

I live in Northern Virginia (Zone 7). Last summer I bought an 3 foot Ensete maurelii from Home depot. I planted in a large pot and it grew all last summer very well. I moved the pot to the garage last winter and reduced watering.. All the leaves died but the stem came right back this spring.
In the spring I put it in the ground. It is on SW side of house and protected from winds. It has grown very large since this spring. Do you think I can leave it in place this winter with protection in this area? I would rather not dig it up and move it since I have limited space. It is in my gallery to view. The stem is over a foot and the leaves are 5 foot long now. I still have at least 8 weeks of frost free weather left this year. Anyone in Northern Virginia
can give advice.

Thanks
Kingfish

08-19-2009, 08:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kingfish Kingfish's Photo Gallery Location: Warrenton,Va. Zone: 7 Name: Kingfish Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 30 BananaBucks : 8,264 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Ensete maurelii in Virginia Greetings I live in Northern Virginia (Zone 7). Last summer I bought an 3 foot Ensete maurelii from Home depot. I planted in a large pot and it grew all last summer very well. I moved the pot to the garage last winter and reduced watering.. All the leaves died but the stem came right back this spring. In the spring I put it in the ground. It is on SW side of house and protected from winds. It has grown very large since this spring. Do you think I can leave it in place this winter with protection in this area? I would rather not dig it up and move it since I have limited space. It is in my gallery to view. The stem is over a foot and the leaves are 5 foot long now. I still have at least 8 weeks of frost free weather left this year. Anyone in Northern Virginia can give advice. Thanks Kingfish