I live in the eastern US hardiness zone 7. Tons of Basjoo in our gardens. I've successfully grown Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger' and seen the pink fruited banana Musa velutina, growing that this year.
Hellens hybrid and Tibet are also root jardy craig. Especially hellens hybrid is the more stunning looking version of sikkimensis. Less hardy for the aboveground part - ive lost pseudostems 3 consecutive yrs, but it keeps coming back!!
Nice choices. I was able to get a hold of a couple of Musa Sumatrana Zebrina earlier this year and love them the streaks of dark burgundy in the leaves is beautiful. Not sure about how hardy yet will leave one protected outside and bring other in planted in a pot to see how they do. Always enjoy when you feature tropicals with giant leaves
I have 2 M.B. in the ground with pups doing well. About 6 ft high. I also bought a sikkimenisis this year on line. It was 10 inch and now in a pot 3ft. I have no room or to be honest the capability to put in the ground due to health issues. I worry to where to put this one over Winter. If Ieave the pot outside will it be OK or is the garage better?. I am in Cornwall. Love your videos, very instructive. 🪴
The Rojo, sikimemsis etc are my absolute favorite plant of all. I believe I have rojo or blood banana. They're fairly hardy and have beautiful 😍 variagated leaves. And I agree with the sunlight to deep color ratio. An absolute dream for color collabs in the garden. I have some tiger lilies and habiscus. Wowowow the musochis is very interesting. I'll keep my eyes open for that beauty! Soo appreciative of this vid. Peace N Love
Interesting specimens, but Dwarf Namwah and Dwarf Brazillian are hands down the two best Cold hardy eating bananas to grow for food. Anyone who wants to grow bananas in a zone lower than 8, do it right and invest in building a sunroom on the south side of your house with about a 12' ceiling height, that stays above 50 deg during winter nights. Not that difficult to do and so worth the investment.
There is no edible bananas with zone lower than 8, and even in zone 8b my dwarf cavendish faces some challenges. The edible bananas for zone 8 is also dwarf Orinoco and maybe dwarf cavendish. I don’t live in USA and not even in UK so I don’t my hardiness zone, but I am approximately between zone 8b and 9a.
Great info video thanks! I don't have any bananas but am looking to get one/some and this is really helpful. You give hardiness in US zones but not UK zones... is there a reason for this? Are the US ones more accurate than the RHS ones?
To my humble opinion Musa cheesmanii and velutina (especially the latter) are not hardy at all, unless you are in the USA where warmer summers can give these plants an extra push in both building reserves and re-starting the next spring. Much hardier but not mentioned are for example Musa itinerans and Musa yunnanensis var. yongpingense both of which I and many European enthousiasts have successfully overwinterd in the ground for the last 10 years...
There's no way musa sikkimensis is root hardy to -10C. Not even close in my experience. All your temperature figures are very optimistic in my opinion. Is your velutina still alive?
Thank you for this video. It popped up right on time; I’m off to the plant shop.
7:43 Musa Velutina has a pink flower and edible self-pealing pink bananas.😊
Hi, for 5 years I have been growing Musa Itinerans in my garden in the province of Rome, the only problem is that it is extremely invasive.
Your garden is looking great Craig 🎉 will buy more plants soon .
I live in the eastern US hardiness zone 7. Tons of Basjoo in our gardens. I've successfully grown Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger' and seen the pink fruited banana Musa velutina, growing that this year.
Hellens hybrid and Tibet are also root jardy craig. Especially hellens hybrid is the more stunning looking version of sikkimensis. Less hardy for the aboveground part - ive lost pseudostems 3 consecutive yrs, but it keeps coming back!!
Great video! I have a lot of Musa basjoo but I want to try some new varieties in my New York garden (with winter protection)
Nice choices. I was able to get a hold of a couple of Musa Sumatrana Zebrina earlier this year and love them the streaks of dark burgundy in the leaves is beautiful. Not sure about how hardy yet will leave one protected outside and bring other in planted in a pot to see how they do. Always enjoy when you feature tropicals with giant leaves
Nice video. I have Musa bashoo in zone 8a. They seem to be as hardy as my hosta plants and pup out similarly.
What is about musa ingens?
I have 2 M.B. in the ground with pups doing well. About 6 ft high. I also bought a sikkimenisis this year on line. It was 10 inch and now in a pot 3ft. I have no room or to be honest the capability to put in the ground due to health issues. I worry to where to put this one over Winter. If Ieave the pot outside will it be OK or is the garage better?. I am in Cornwall.
Love your videos, very instructive. 🪴
Which ones of these produce edible bannana?
Musa Velutina, pink edible fruit.
Brilliant informative video
The Rojo, sikimemsis etc are my absolute favorite plant of all. I believe I have rojo or blood banana. They're fairly hardy and have beautiful 😍 variagated leaves. And I agree with the sunlight to deep color ratio. An absolute dream for color collabs in the garden. I have some tiger lilies and habiscus. Wowowow the musochis is very interesting. I'll keep my eyes open for that beauty!
Soo appreciative of this vid.
Peace N Love
Are those banana tree's fruits edible/palatable ? I expect them to have seeds unlike store's bananas, but what about the pulp ?
Love them all! Beautiful banana 🍌❤
Was Cheesmanii able to survive this most recent winter?
Interesting specimens, but Dwarf Namwah and Dwarf Brazillian are hands down the two best Cold hardy eating bananas to grow for food. Anyone who wants to grow bananas in a zone lower than 8, do it right and invest in building a sunroom on the south side of your house with about a 12' ceiling height, that stays above 50 deg during winter nights. Not that difficult to do and so worth the investment.
There is no edible bananas with zone lower than 8, and even in zone 8b my dwarf cavendish faces some challenges.
The edible bananas for zone 8 is also dwarf Orinoco and maybe dwarf cavendish.
I don’t live in USA and not even in UK so I don’t my hardiness zone, but I am approximately between zone 8b and 9a.
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"Texas star" banana is an eating kind that is for zones 7-11… that I've looked up before. Thanks for the info though
Great info video thanks! I don't have any bananas but am looking to get one/some and this is really helpful. You give hardiness in US zones but not UK zones... is there a reason for this? Are the US ones more accurate than the RHS ones?
USDA zones are more frequently used globally, you can find USDA zone maps for the UK on Google 😀 I always says the temps in °F and °C though 👍
My Basjoo withstood minus nine uncovered and died back to about ten inches. It’s stem is now about six foot with four foot leaves.
Beautiful film.
Pests & pollination in temperate climates? Damp rotting crown under mulch ?
love the video, I will share
Have you ever heard or talk to anyone who is growing any of those breeds or type of plants in Canada Ontario?
To my humble opinion Musa cheesmanii and velutina (especially the latter) are not hardy at all, unless you are in the USA where warmer summers can give these plants an extra push in both building reserves and re-starting the next spring. Much hardier but not mentioned are for example Musa itinerans and Musa yunnanensis var. yongpingense both of which I and many European enthousiasts have successfully overwinterd in the ground for the last 10 years...
Nice Video 👍🇮🇳🌹❤
Thank you ☺️
I thought my - 40c Canadian winter wasn't bad but if thats extreme temp😂
I have just got some seeds come up
There's no way musa sikkimensis is root hardy to -10C. Not even close in my experience. All your temperature figures are very optimistic in my opinion. Is your velutina still alive?
It is with heavy mulch and thick soil..
Wenn er mal seine Frau so streicheln würde! 😅
Nice video. I have Musa bashoo in zone 8a. They seem to be as hardy as my hosta plants and pup out similarly.