With sufficient warmth, light, water, and the help of some plant food, you can be well on your way to harvesting homegrown bananas. Here, Lisa shares her top three methods for trying to get a banana ...

Anyone who spends enough time gardening eventually gets sucked into what we call "shock gardening," that time-honored practice of growing something that just shouldn’t be there – or at least gives ...

DEAR JESSICA: I have a Japanese hardy banana plant. I got it in spring 2012 as a single- stalk plant that was 3 feet tall. I planted it in a large pot, and it took off, along with numerous babies. It ...

No plant can match the hardy banana (Musa basjoo) when it comes to adding a tropical flair to your garden. With 12-foot-long leaves, these Japanese natives are actually herbaceous perennials. In the ...

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Q: I have a banana plant and a side-shoot baby plant growing in the ground and I am hoping they will both survive the winter. I think it is the hardy banana, but I am not sure. I cannot bring it ...

What is a good fertilizer for my banana tree? My tree is three years old, but has never produced fruit. Why is this and what can I do to help it produce bananas? There is a fertilizer specifically ...