Dwarf Brazilian Banana for California
 

I am a new to growing banana and excited!

Our house is in Venice Beach CA (Los Angeles County) and would love to plant Dwarf Brazilian Banana in our yard. I love Hawaiian Apple Banana because it is not too sweet and has the pleasant acidity.

I am also interested in other compact (could be tall but not wide) edible banana plant for part shade area at our back yard.

Re: Dwarf Brazilian Banana for California
 

I would recommend several sources.

Best day, a forum member here that appears to live in your vicinity. Here's the link to his listing:
http://www.bananas.org/f3/banana-pla...cal-48634.html

pitangadiego, another forum member here, but a bit further away in San Diego. He's got a lovely assortment of varieties and can probably recommend other varieties for you.
http://www.bananas.org/f3/plants-sal...ego-54371.html

sddarkman619, a forum moderator. He does mail order banana plants, not sure if he's got any in stock right now but it's worth asking.
https://www.bananatreesforsale.com/

As for other edible banana cultivars, Raja Puri is fairly similar to Dwarf Brazilian in most respects. There's another "Manzano"/"Apple" variety floating around, sometimes called "Silk Fig" to not confuse it with Brazilian. Dwarf Orinoco is fairly common, but not exciting to most folks. Namwa is a popular one (that comes in tall and short forms), it sometimes has a bit of acidity/tartness like an apple. I'd suggest buying some at an Asian market (they're often sold as Thai bananas) to taste test.

Re: Dwarf Brazilian Banana for California
 

yeah you already emailed me.

Re: Dwarf Brazilian Banana for California
 

I live just down the road in WLA but work in Venice and MDR. I can bring you a fresh DB pup if you want.