{"title":"Banana Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003eCold hardy ornamental banana plants for sale and potted banana leaf plants for indoor gardening.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany Americans assume that there is just a single banana plant but in fact there are several species of banana trees and hundreds of cultivars. The term 'Banana' is used to describe any member of the family Musaceae which includes both edible plants and sun-loving ornamental summer perennials for the garden or outdoor \/ indoor containers. The banana plant family contains 3 genera; \u003ca title=\"Musa banana\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/musa-banana-leaf-plant\"\u003eMusa\u003c\/a\u003e (the common banana tree), \u003ca title=\"Musella\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/musella-cold-hardy-banana-tree\"\u003eMusella\u003c\/a\u003e (the dwarf banana plant), and \u003ca title=\"Ensete\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/ensete\"\u003eEnsete\u003c\/a\u003e (a mid-sized ornamental banana plant). Edible fruit comes from hybrids of the genus Musa.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAll three genera of banana plants are ornamental and produce large, tropical looking plants. Most banana plants are not hardy enough for temperate gardens but luckily, a few like \u003ca title=\"Musa basjoo for Sale\" href=\"\/products\/musa-basjoo-basjoo-banana-tree\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMusa basjoo\u003c\/a\u003e migrated to cold mountain tops in their native countries and evolved some degree of cold tolerance. We search out the cold hardy members, propagate them and place these banana plants for sale through our on-line plant catalog. In fact, Plant Delights Nursery strives to have the largest number of cold hardy banana trees for sale on the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA banana tree excels as a tropical looking garden perennial with its large, tropical, sometimes colorful leaves along with large, exotic flowers and occasional fruit. The banana leaf plant also makes a wonderful potted plant for patio gardens and indoor gardening.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003eAdditional Banana Tree Resources:\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHere are a few additional resources that will help you grow and care for your banana tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Banana Trees - Apeeling Plants for the Garden\" href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/banana-tree-plant-hardy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBanana Trees - Apeeling Plants for the Garden\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTony gives the low down on how to best care for your new banana plant either in your garden, or in a container. He also breaks down the history, background, taxonomy, and genetics if you feel like taking a deep dive down the banana rabbit-hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"How Do I Overwinter My Hardy Tropical Plants\" href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/how-do-i-overwinter-my-hardy-tropical-plants-for-the-winter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHow Do I Overwinter My Hardy Tropical Plants?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are growing banana, palms, or canna in the garden, you need to know how to overwinter so that they have the best chance at surviving the winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"musa-basjoo-basjoo-banana-tree","title":"Musa basjoo","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecent research has shown that Musa basjoo, the world's hardiest banana species, is actually from Sichuan, China and not Japan. This 16-20' slowly spreading species makes a thick green stem that sports 6' long, narrow, green leaves arching from the top of the solid green trunk. The flower emerges from near the top of the stem like a yellow-orange torpedo. After the flowers open, you will be blessed with clusters of small, yellow, 2\" long bananas. Forget eating this one...just enjoy the tropical look and tease your neighbors. We recommend a good mulch in colder regions until your clump becomes well-established.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSichuan hardy banana is a very low maintenance perennial. If winter temperatures drop below 15 degrees, it will die to the ground. We recommend removing the old stalk to the ground in early spring. If your winter temperatures remain above 15F, it will most likely regrow from the same stalk, so all you'll want to do is remove the dead foliage at the top of the stalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, your banana will actually spread underground, albeit slowly. Each stalk will flower once then die, being replaced by several other stalks, each of which will be farther away from the original planting. When these spread outside of the area you have designated, they will need to be removed, since they can consume a fairly large area. They make great gifts for other gardening friends, best moved in either spring or summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHardy bananas prefer lots of moisture and nutrition, so plenty of compost will result in the best growth. Although they grow best in full sun, they will grow okay in light shade to a couple of hours of filtered sun. In most likelihood, they will not flower in these conditions. They are drought tolerant for short periods, but this will not result in good long term growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBasjoo \u003ca title=\"banana tree\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/banana-tree\"\u003ebanana tree\u003c\/a\u003e adds a tropical, bold texture to the garden, and is great where an attention-drawing feature plant is desired in the landscape. Although it can produce bananas, if there are two flower heads open at the same time for cross-pollination, they are full of large seed, and would be only considered edible if you were starving on an abandoned island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025138117,"sku":"3064","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Musa-basjoo.i-3064.s-64442.r-1.jpg?v=1791296068"},{"product_id":"musella-lasiocarpa","title":"Musella lasiocarpa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis magnificent ornamental banana is more of a shrub than the typical taller banana. The stiff, thick, leathery, grey-green, banana-like foliage is borne atop a stalk that can eventually reach 6' in height. Instead of being prized for its fruit, Musella lasiocarpa is grown more for its flowers. Each specimen is home to large, bizarrely beautiful, yellow flowers that look like giant golden artichokes...we're not making this up! For us, Musella lasiocarpa has sailed through more than two decades of winters in our zone 7b garden, and without any mulch! We're starting to believe those rumors of incredible winter hardiness.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025579525,"sku":"3813","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Musella-lasiocarpa.i-3813.s-64046.r-1.jpg?v=1789569480"},{"product_id":"ensete-maurelii-abyssinian-red-banana-tree-plant","title":"Ensete maurelii","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have long been amazed by Ensete maurelii, an outstanding ornamental banana from the high mountains of East Africa. Growing to only 10' tall in temperate climates (20' tall in tropical areas), Ensete maurelii makes a superb ornamental for the summer border. Each leaf can reach gigantic proportions of 10' long. The most ornamental characteristic is that the foliage is flushed with burgundy, especially concentrated as the new growth emerges. The higher the light levels, the stronger the coloration. We have also seen Ensete maurelii used in large summer containers with great effect. All ensetes are non-offsetting monocarpic plants...they die after they flower. If you've ever seen the magnificent flower, it's well worth the loss.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026144069,"sku":"4790","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ensete-maurelii.i-4790.s-61278.r-1.jpg?v=1791295936"},{"product_id":"musa-velutina","title":"Musa velutina","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's something mystical about a pink velvet banana that makes you want to start belting out Elvis tunes...hmmm. Musa velutina was our first introduction to hardy bananas and is still a favorite in our summer garden. Rarely exceeding 8' tall, Musa velutina produces copious flower stalks near the top of the trunk starting in late summer. Each stalk is soon home to attractive clusters of small, pink, velvety bananas, which peel themselves when ripe. Don't plan on a snack from these seed-filled bananas unless you are exceedingly hungry or quite inebriated. Once established, Musa velutina seems to be fully winter-hardy in zone 7b as long as they are grown in full sun. Until well-established, a cage of shredded leaves around the trunk in the winter months should do the trick.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027068741,"sku":"5925","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Musa-velutina.i-5925.s-68113.r-1_a94af5dd-80c4-4438-9142-2033848b5120.jpg?v=1790167396"},{"product_id":"musa-siam-ruby-red-banana-tree-plant","title":"Musa Siam Ruby","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe first saw this raving beauty when visiting Thailand in 2005. At great expense (we're still driving old vehicles), we procured one to bring home, named it 'Siam Ruby', and are thrilled to share it with folks here in the states. Our research indicated it originated in Papua New Guinea as a sport of Musa 'Tapo', where bananas have been cultivated for 10,000 years. We have never seen it taller than 8', so that's our guess for height. The leaves are a stunning, dark ruby red with tiny green flecks...the more sun, the more intense the color. This is one banana that loves intense heat and humidity...dazzling, stunning...can you tell we've lost our adjectiveness over this plant?\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028214597,"sku":"7784","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Musa-Siam-Ruby.i-7784.s-60056.r-1.jpg?v=1790706805"},{"product_id":"musa-balbisiana-var-balbisiana","title":"Musa balbisiana var balbisiana","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusa balbisiana is a little-known but amazingly winter hardy banana species, found from Sikkim south to Papua New Guinea, where it resides at elevations of up to 4,000'. Musa balbisiana, along with Musa acuminata are the parents of most commercial bananas. Musa balbisiana is a surprisingly winter hardy as an ornamental, in addition to being the fastest and largest banana we grow. In just over two years, our clump has already topped 20' in height, even after enduring winter temperatures of 11 degrees F.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40224030392407,"sku":"17448","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Musa-balbisiana-var-balbisiana.i-17448.s-67275.r-1_aa3ba548-f1b3-477a-b77d-3698f7b58d12.jpg?v=1789562373"},{"product_id":"musa-sikkimensis-ever-red","title":"Musa sikkimensis Ever Red","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusa sikkimensis 'Ever Red' is an exciting new clonal selection of the hardy Sikkim banana, with dramatic, irregularly streaked, red-purple foliage, radiating out from the 14' tall, football lineman-sized trunk. Despite on-line, fake news reports of winter hardiness in Zone 5, it's only possible for it to survive -15 to -20F in the ground, if you build a greenhouse around it.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44091868479575,"sku":"18940","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Musa-sikkimensis-Ever-Red.i-18940.s-68661.r-1.jpg?v=1789562622"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Musa-velutina-1900x350.jpg?v=1686668197","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/banana-tree.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}