Kern, who is chair of the West Los Angeles chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers, finally gave up growing Gros Michel, but ...

Though a perennial herb, the hardy banana can grow nearly 20 feet high, with trunks up to 12 inches wide. Leaves grow to 2 feet across and as long as 6 feet, forming a broad, bushy, umbrella-like ...

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.

This hardy banana plant grows to the size of a small tree, often surprising gardeners when the foliage dies back with the arrival of the first frosts.

As for the banana tree, it's a seldom-fruiting hardy type called Musa basjoo. "I got a 'pup' at Lowe's in a little pot for $5.98 last May," he says. "Look at it now.

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 ...

Hardy Banana Plants have large, paddle-shaped leaves and can produce small, light yellow flowers. You can plant them in the yard, in a pot outside or a larger pot near an inside window.

Yes, I did just say “hardy,” for as incredulous as it may sound, there is a very reliable banana plant that we can grow here in the Northwest that will establish itself and return season after ...

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