{"title":"Musa","description":"\u003cp\u003eTemperate zone gardeners love to grow tropical plants (such as Musa) because they add flair to the garden. With the increasing interest in temperate tropicality we thought it was time to increase our selection of cold hardy \u003ca title=\"shop all hardy banana trees\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/banana-tree\"\u003ebanana trees for sale\u003c\/a\u003e (musa, musella and \u003ca title=\"ensete\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/ensete\"\u003eensete\u003c\/a\u003e). Most of the banana plants for sale here at PDN are reliable perennials in Zone 8, with some hardy into the warmer reaches of Zone 7. Our musa selections were chosen not only for cold hardiness, but also for flower, fruit, and leaf color.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs with other hardy tropicals, gardeners should plant musa outdoors before late August in climates north of Zone 8 to ensure establishment before cold weather arrives. From Zone 8 north, we recommend digging musa plants for winter storage or building a wire-constructed, leaf mulch-filled cage around the trunk. One exception to the rule is Musa basjoo, which overwinters here in Raleigh and much farther north with no mulch. The growth rate of a banana tree is phenomenal when plenty of moisture and nutrition are provided. Cold, wet soil in winter, however, can spell death for a \u003ca title=\"Learn more about banana plants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/banana-tree-plant-hardy\"\u003ebanana plant\u003c\/a\u003e in colder zones.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe hope you want to buy banana plants to bring a little tropicality into your perennial garden. If you see bananas forming on your musa specimen, cut the stem off before freezing weather arrives, place it in a bucket of water in the garage and the bananas will mature indoors. Why buy bananas at the grocery store when you can buy banana trees from us instead? When you are ready to buy musa (banana) trees\/plants for your perennial garden, please check out our online list of cold hardy banana tree plants for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAlso, check out our in depth \u003ca title=\"Article about Hardy Bananas\" href=\"..\/blogs\/articles\/banana-trees\"\u003earticle on cold hardy bananas\u003c\/a\u003e in our articles database.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnd check out our \u003ca title=\"article on how to over-winter tropical plants\" href=\"..\/blogs\/articles\/how-do-i-overwinter-my-hardy-tropical-plants-for-the-winter\"\u003earticle on how to over-winter tropical plants\u003c\/a\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":"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-siam-ruby-1900x350.jpg?v=1681830240","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/musa-banana-leaf-plant.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}