- Eventual Height: 5m
- Eventual Spread: 4m
Musa basjoo
Japanese banana
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size: 2 litre pot
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available to order from spring 2012
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- Position: mainly sunny, with a little midday shade
- Soil: rich and fertile or loam based compost in pots
- Rate of growth: average to fast
- Flowers: white flowers in bronze/red bracts
- Flower colour: creamy yellow
- Other features: unpalatable greeny-yellow fruits
- Hardiness: half hardy - will need protection in winter
An extraordinary, architectural plant with huge, green, paddle-like leaves that can each grow up to 3m long. It produces creamy yellow flowers in summer, that are often followed by yellowish-green fruit. These are not tasty enough to eat, however the plants look brilliant when incorporated into a jungle-style planting schemes, and can be potted up into large pots and treated as a dynamic feature.
- Garden care:Though the root is fairly hardy, you should apply a thick layer of mulch to protect the crown in autumn and protect the foliage with a blanket of fleece or straw. In colder areas, or where the soil remains heavy in winter, they are best grown in pots, so they can be over-wintered under glass.
- Eventual Height: 5m
- Eventual Spread: 4m
Musa basjoo - Japanese banana
A fabulous specimen plant
