Bananas, both tropical and hardy, are perfect for soliciting this kind of reaction. ... Banana plants: No fruit, but gorgeous foliage. Steve Smith; Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:42pm; ...

Hardy banana dwarfing the otherwise-large leaves of Elephant Ear in a mixed garden bed. Q: I’m a relative newcomer to Maryland but have always been attracted to the garden aesthetic of tropical ...

The best way to protect these plants is to cover them if temperatures are forecast to dip below the mid-20s. Covering plants with sheets or tarps will add about 4 degrees of warmth, which is ...

If the banana is eight feet to the height where you cut off the top leaves you will need to attach two insulation bats. Similarly, a 12-foot banana will require the addition of a third bat.

Hardy banana plants reach 12-18 feet tall with ample water and fertilizer, but its fruit, if produced at all, isn't edible. Still, the plant has considerable value in the landscape as an attention ...