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justjoan · 01-09-2010, 08:58 AM

Looking for some help from folks in the Miami and Daytona area's of Florida. I will be in the Miami area around February 10th or so, going to a wedding on the 13th and then we are going to the Daytona 500 on the 14th, any great Banana or tropical places I should check out. We are traveling by motorhome and so...I am not at all familiar with this part of Florida and looking for any ideas. I know there are restrictions on citrus plants, any problem with bringing Banana plants home? Thanks for your help in advance

jeffreyp · 01-09-2010, 09:18 AM

Check out going-bananas.com

If you give the chafins a call you can schedule a visit. Another suggestion is Pine Island Nursery (about 25 miles sw of miami).

Tropical fruit trees, akee, all spice, ambarella, annona, avocado, cherry, bay leaf, black pepper, caimito, canistel, carambola, cashew, coconut, coffee, curry leaf, grumichama, guava, jaboticaba, jakfruit, longan, loquat, lychee, macadamia, malay ap

sbl · 01-09-2010, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by justjoan

Looking for some help from folks in the Miami and Daytona area's of Florida. I will be in the Miami area around February 10th or so, going to a wedding on the 13th and then we are going to the Daytona 500 on the 14th, any great Banana or tropical places I should check out. We are traveling by motorhome and so...I am not at all familiar with this part of Florida and looking for any ideas. I know there are restrictions on citrus plants, any problem with bringing Banana plants home? Thanks for your help in advance

There is a USDA quarentine on all citrus from Florida as well as a few related species. It is illegal to take any citrus plants outside of Florida.

I do not know of any restrictions on bananas.

justjoan · 01-09-2010, 09:33 AM

Thanks, I knew about the citrus, I grow them also, but wasn't sure about the Banana's. Thanks for your suggestion Jeff, I have purchased from Going Banana's so that would be fun!

Abnshrek · 01-09-2010, 01:11 PM

Well you might be able to get some citrus in georgia or lower alabama if that's the case even @ Lowe's :^)

Patty in Wisc · 01-09-2010, 01:47 PM

Hi Joan, lucky you to go to FL w/ the cold, snowy winter we are having! I was in Orlando area in '06 & found some really nice citrus at a nearby Walmart. Took them home via back of my car & no one checked. That was just before the ban on citrus though, but I'd do it again. All the big box stores there sell citrus & I'm sure nanas & other tropicals.
If You go to Pine Island, please take some pics! It's where I bought my Dragon fruit from

Randy4ut · 01-09-2010, 02:15 PM

If you are in the Miami area, you would shoot yourself if you don't visit Fairfield Tropical Botanical Gardens...Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Daytona has a flea market near the raceway that has a nursery there called "Butcher's Nursery". Have some awesome plants there, but don't recall if they had bananas or not...

Daytona Flea & Farmers Market

Nursery

Have a BLAST!!!

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