{"title":"Musella","description":"\u003cp\u003eTemperate zone gardeners love to grow tropical plants 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=\"..\/collections\/banana-plants\"\u003ebanana trees\u003c\/a\u003e for sale (musella, \u003ca title=\"musa basjoo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/products\/musa-basjoo-basjoo-banana-tree\"\u003emusa basjoo\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"ensete\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/ensete\"\u003eensete\u003c\/a\u003e). Most of the banana trees for sale here at PDN are reliable perennials in \u003ca title=\"Zone 8 plants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/zone-8-plants\"\u003eZone 8\u003c\/a\u003e, with some hardy into the warmer reaches of \u003ca title=\"Zone 7 plants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/zone-7-plants\"\u003eZone 7\u003c\/a\u003e. Our musella selections were chosen not only for cold hardiness, but also for flower, fruit, and leaf color.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs with \u003ca title=\"cannas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/canna-lily-bulbs-plant-canna-lilies\"\u003ecannas\u003c\/a\u003e, gardeners should plant musella outdoors before late August in climates north of Zone 8 to ensure establishment before cold weather arrives. From Zone 8 north, we recommend digging musella bananas for winter storage or building a wire-constructed, leaf mulch-filled cage around the trunk. The growth rate of cold hardy banana trees is phenomenal when plenty of moisture and nutrition are provided. Cold, wet soil in winter, however, can spell death for banana trees in colder zones.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMusella is very similar to musa, but differs in that the bizarre artichoke-like flower faces up instead of down, the stem is swollen at the base, and the plant is shorter than most banana plants. Musella will not form fruit in the garden...enjoy it for the flowers and leaves. When you are ready to buy musella for your perennial garden, we hope you'll check out our online list of musella cold hardy bananas 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","products":[{"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"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Musella-lasiocarpa-1900x350.jpg?v=1686083695","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/musella-cold-hardy-banana-tree.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}