Musa Basjoo
Musa basjoo has been cultivated in British gardens for several years, more often as an extraordinary and magnificent summertime bedding plant, and is reputedly the hardiest of all the banana family. It is occasionally called the Japanese banana, although it probably came originally from China.
Because the ease at which this species can be propagated, together with its hardiness, this banana plant more widely available (and poplular) than the other species that are available in the garden centers and specialists and is usually the most inexpensive. With all these factors taken into consideration it make Musa Basjoo the ideal plant for the beginner.
A speedy grower (as well as a thirsty one) with successive leaves, often as many as one per week that increase in size, are produced through the summertime months and form a pseudostem which serves as the plant''s trunk. This may be 2 or more metres tall by the autumn, and if protected from the coldest weather, can reach four metres or more in subsequent years (see our page on overwintering your banana plants). In the plant''s fifth year flowers and small inedible fruits may be produced if you are lucky. The female flowers are produced before the male flowers, so two or more plants flowering at slightly different times would be needed to guarantee viable seed.
Because the ease at which this species can be propagated, together with its hardiness, this banana plant more widely available (and poplular) than the other species that are available in the garden centers and specialists and is usually the most inexpensive. With all these factors taken into consideration it make Musa Basjoo the ideal plant for the beginner.
A speedy grower (as well as a thirsty one) with successive leaves, often as many as one per week that increase in size, are produced through the summertime months and form a pseudostem which serves as the plant''s trunk. This may be 2 or more metres tall by the autumn, and if protected from the coldest weather, can reach four metres or more in subsequent years (see our page on overwintering your banana plants). In the plant''s fifth year flowers and small inedible fruits may be produced if you are lucky. The female flowers are produced before the male flowers, so two or more plants flowering at slightly different times would be needed to guarantee viable seed.
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