musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Hi

Supposedly it's hardy when mulched correctly in my USA 7a zone. Also called musa Yunnan it seems from what my research turned up.

Thanks

Pat

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Hi. There is some members here that have or had it:
http://www.bananas.org/f16/can-we-cl...rans-1595.html

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Musa Yunnanensis is a different species, it is cold hardy in my zone 7a.

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Where did you get your Yunnanensis?

Thxs

Pat

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Thxs for the link JP, interesting thread.

Pat

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

I grew them from seed

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Ok I might try too.

Thxs

Pat

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

I tried Musa yunannensis but lost it one winter. That doesn't mean that it isn't cold hardy but I did lose it. I've also had a Musa thompsonii that I thought I had lost for a few years (lost in the weeds I guess) show up for a few years but it never got taller than a few inches and it didn't come back after the 2014/2015 winter (but it did after the colder previous winter). It's planted in a spot where a lot of plants do poorly and I've always wondered if a construction worker poured something toxic there back when we built our house 13 years ago. I also lost balbisiana for a few years which did great and had a 'Thai Black' struggle two years but it never took off and then died.

Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
 

Well...I just read the itinerans thread from that link. I'm no expert so I can only say that I've grown what I've been given as a certain species or variety. I will say that the yunnanesis that I tried came from BigDog (Frank) and I have that itinerans 'Doi Inthanon' from N2tropicAL (Hayes). After that I have/had two other forms of itinerans and I can't remember if I got them from Frank or Hayes but their running habit means that either they have both survived and run together or perhaps only one survived and has grown into where the other was. They/it has also run into where the balbisiana used to be so if a small piece of that survived I might not have noticed and it also could have gotten crowded out by itinerants after being knocked back by a harsh winter (-4F). I learned my lesson and planted 'Doi Inthanon' off by itself so I wouldn't have a problem with it combining with another form but now I have bamboo rhizomes shooting all through the mat because I never really learned my lesson with bamboo. At some point everything will be bamboo forest. I'm sure at some point it will eat my house...