He recently shared a TikTok video listing five plants that can create a "tropical vibe" in your garden. First on his list is Musa basjoo, the hardiest of banana plants. Griffiths said ...

Musa basjoo is a Chinese banana species (even though it is inexplicably ... Now being an essentially tropical plant, Musa basjoo does require some specific handling to get it to survive ...

The plants come in different sizes and varieties, but the only one that will make it reliably through a Mid-Atlantic winter is the Japanese hardy banana, Musa basjoo, and then only in its roots.

The largest and most cold-hardy banana tree is the Musa basjoo. It can grow to 20 feet. Banana trees are perennial herbs with their true stem, or rhizome, underground where it forms multiple ...

Known as a Japanese Fiber Banana, Musa basjoo hails from the higher elevations of Japan and, once established, can grow 12 to 15 feet in one season. I have had a clump in my garden for over 20 ...

As for the banana tree, it's a seldom-fruiting hardy type called Musa basjoo. "I got a 'pup' at Lowe's in a little pot for $5.98 last May," he says. "Look at it now. It's about 10 feet tall.

It keeps coming back.” Linda and Glenn’s banana plant is probably Musa basjoo, a species grown commercially for its fibre, which is used in textile production. It has a lush, topical look and ...

The yellow banana we are all used to seeing in grocery stores comes from a subgroup of varieties known botanically as Cavendish types within the species Musa acuminata. These plants are native to ...

Horticulturists at a garden in Harrogate have celebrated the blooming for the first time ever of a 15ft (4.5m) banana plant. The Musa Basjoo banana plant has flowered at RHS Garden Harlow Carr.