The hardy banana (Musa basjoo) is a different species than the tropical bananas we're used to (Musa x paradisiaca).It still needs some extra care in our climate; hardy bananas have survived zero ...

Musa Basjoo is a spectacular and flamboyant plant that offers a tropical look for climates that are nowhere near the Equator, climates like the Pacific Northwest even. It’s actually a banana tree.

Now it is a bit easier because you can plant the winter hardy banana (Musa basjoo) and simplify the task. The hardy banana is the most cold-hardy banana, capable of surviving winter temperatures ...

Cold-hardy banana makes a show in summer gardens. ... Each year, scores of area gardeners carefully tend their banana plants, growing them to the size of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex.

The Japanese hardy banana (Musa basjoo) -- also called fiber banana -- is the hardiest of all bananas. Credit: BriansBotanicals.net. By JESSICA [email protected] October 11, 2013.

Few, if any, plants can rival hardy bananas (Musa basjoo) when it comes to adding a tropical flair to Northwest gardens. These exotic plants can grow to over 20 feet tall with 12-foot- long leaves.

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It seems gardeners are going nuts over bananas, and I can see why. I recently visited a turn-of-the-century home in a downtown metropolitan area. Entering the backyard, I felt like I was in a ...

Why grow a banana tree in your garden? Hmm, because gardeners in Toronto can’t? No, the real reason we like to do it is that it gives the garden such a lush tropical, desert-island look. Musa ...

Hardy banana (Musa basjoo) gives a tropical look to a garden, but did you know that its flower, filled with delicious, sweet nectar, is a favorite of bees and can be added to salad? Marv ...