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.
A terminal cancer sufferer has managed to grow rare Japanese bananas in his Devon back garden. Paul Edis, 54, and his wife Srey-March, 32, planted a Musa basjoo tree - which originates from Japan’s ...
Times Colonist: Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Thriving Langford banana plant is likely Musa basjoo
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Thriving Langford banana plant is likely Musa basjoo
The Japanese fibre banana, Musa basjoo, can thrive in surprisingly cold temperatures We all have our own annual milestones that coax us out of horticultural hibernation, kicking off a flurry of plans ...
Horticulturists at a garden in Harrogate have celebrated the blooming for the first time ever of a 15ft (4.5m) banana plant. The Musa Basjoo banana plant has flowered at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. The ...
The Vancouver Sun: A lesson in how to properly wrap a hardy banana tree for winter from expert Larry Wick
I guess I have been a bit cavalier in my approach to wrapping banana trees. My habit has been to simply wrap some newspapers around the trunk and then some plastic around the newspapers for winter ...
A lesson in how to properly wrap a hardy banana tree for winter from expert Larry Wick
Question: We purchased a banana tree this year, and I was wondering if we would ever be able to harvest bananas? Answer: Many gardeners enjoy adding a touch of the tropics with various plants such as ...