Now that you mention it I suspect that it is.I started off with the one plant that neighbor gave me and the others are offshoots from.This year the mother plant only grew to about five feet high.
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Krich - really? Who isn't shipping anymore?
After PM'ing me, and knowing that I had 45 pages of inventory, you should have asked me - I just shipped my last Musa out last week - I had 7 types, including Basjoo.
You can get a Basjoo on Ebay for super cheap (They are probably the cheapest Musa) - now.
After PM'ing me, and knowing that I had 45 pages of inventory, you should have asked me - I just shipped my last Musa out last week - I had 7 types, including Basjoo.
You can get a Basjoo on Ebay for super cheap (They are probably the cheapest Musa) - now.
PS - where are you located ? Depending on that, you may not need to move them all over the place. There is a stand of them in Connecticut, which is basically zone 5b. bordering on zone 6.
Up North, they do not get as tall as they "can" because the growing season is shorter - as they get warmer, they do not die back as much, and get a better headstart each spring.
Up North, they do not get as tall as they "can" because the growing season is shorter - as they get warmer, they do not die back as much, and get a better headstart each spring.
I shouldn't have said no one but the plant catalogs that I get delivered to my house stop shipping around this time and don't ship to my zone until March...I'm not sure which type it is but the banana that I have will surely die if I don't dig them up.Is the stand in CT, M.basjoo? I thought Musa was the only species that could take the cold,and they die down and re grow in the spring like a perennial.
Musa is not a species. Musa is the genus. basjoo is the species (among hundreds of others.)
Musa basjoo is one of the most cold hardy Musa species, and yes, that's what is growing as a perennial in CT. No other species could.
You PM'd me 3 weeks ago asking about my plant business - you should have gotten one of mine - Just shipped the last one out last week. I normally have 7 or 8 species and hybrids.
Musa basjoo is one of the most cold hardy Musa species, and yes, that's what is growing as a perennial in CT. No other species could.
You PM'd me 3 weeks ago asking about my plant business - you should have gotten one of mine - Just shipped the last one out last week. I normally have 7 or 8 species and hybrids.
Banana plants [no idea of the species] seem to thrive here, to the point of being a nuisance, once established they're damn hard to get rid of, and they don't often produce worth-while fruit (may just be the variety?).
As well as the gardens I've got a lemon, kaffir lime, naval orange, satsuma mandarin, blackboy peach, yellow flesh nectarine, red plumb, peacharine, and guava (the small one, more for the birds than anything!) trees growing on the bank beside our driveway. They're only in their second summer now but hopefully we'll have plenty of fruit in the summers to come. I just need to get a rifle to keep the possums away!
As well as the gardens I've got a lemon, kaffir lime, naval orange, satsuma mandarin, blackboy peach, yellow flesh nectarine, red plumb, peacharine, and guava (the small one, more for the birds than anything!) trees growing on the bank beside our driveway. They're only in their second summer now but hopefully we'll have plenty of fruit in the summers to come. I just need to get a rifle to keep the possums away!
Yes,basjoo is what I meant to say rather than Musa...as far as my pm,if you recall I was inquiring about another plant that you said you did not have at the time.I wasn't really thinking about the banana back then.
Makes sense - just remember I do maintain 45-50 pages of inventory for future reference.
David - many bananas are more ornamental and don't produce good-tasting fruit. (Not that ornamental necessarily even means "pretty" with these, anyway.)
David - many bananas are more ornamental and don't produce good-tasting fruit. (Not that ornamental necessarily even means "pretty" with these, anyway.)
PS - if you do want one - you can get one on Ebay for about $17 shipped. (now)
When I have them, they are $15 shipped, but I don't usually restock them until spring, only because that's when I go get them in person.
When I have them, they are $15 shipped, but I don't usually restock them until spring, only because that's when I go get them in person.
Thanks,I'll keep you in mind...Speaking of cold hardy plants,I have a Trachycarpus palm in my front yard...It's probably three or four years old and this year I moved it from the back yard.
