damaclese

Greg I live in zone 9 Henderson Nevada i have many of the same plant variates
id say the only difference is that i live at 2400 ft high desert
i leave all my bananas out except any thing in a pot the cold will penetrate
the corm the only exception in my mind would be the Siam Ruby there vary heat loving i know theres a couple of people on the ORG that live in 9 and leave there SR out but that would be up to you
the best over all for zone 9 are Ice cream (blue Java) Brazilian do well too even Cavendish do far in zone 9 but its a bit cold for them
i rarely if ever cover my plants either i just wait for the foliage to wither i cut if off leaving all of the p-stem and hope for the best
so far nothing has ever died but i haven't ever had a really bad winter since i put them in but theres always a first what the almanac say for your region ?

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