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 ...

Musa basjoo is a Chinese banana species (even though it is inexplicably called the Japanese hardy banana) that is grown for its massively bold texture and tremendous cold hardiness.

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 ...

planting time: Hardy banana will grow in South, Midwest Facts and lore on plants that grow in Arkansas September 2, 2007 at 6:22 a.m. by Gerald Klingaman ...

Growing a whole banana plant from seed is more complicated than it sounds, especially if you want edible fruit. Here's what an expert recommends.

Storing banana plants in winter: Garden Detective The Japanese hardy banana (Musa basjoo) -- also called fiber banana -- is the hardiest of all bananas. Credit: BriansBotanicals.net ...

The Japanese fiber banana is sold generically and usually comes with a tag that says Musa basjoo or basjoo. Look also for the yellow Chinese wax banana Musella lasciocarpa, which is cold-hardy ...

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 ...

Hardy bananaWhy 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.

The banana plant growing by the lawn bowling club is musa basjoo, a hardy variety known as Japanese fibre banana, said Bruce McDonald, superintendent of Sunset Nursery and the Bloedel Conservatory.

The OregonianHardy banana (Musa basjoo) 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 ...