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Banana plants can grow and even flower in your garden, but frost protection with straw, leaves and rough compost is essential for good growth. Especially in summer they need plenty of water and manure. Hardy bananas won't give you edible fruit, but they are impressive ornamental giants for your garden. They need shelter from wind! Recent new introductions are now under observation like the awesome "Chinichampa" and a giant form of Musa yunnanense.

Ensete maurellii

Deciduous
Ensete maurellii
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Border plant
  • Hardy to -5 °C
From the mountains in east africa comes this ornamental banana. Not hardy enough for the garden, but survives outside with much protection plus artificial heating.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Jubutia border
Max 4m
Clumping
Sizes and prices  3Liter=€22,50 5L=€30 7L=€40 10L=€50 12L=€60 15L€75 25L =€95 35L=€130 50L=€195 Full price list

Ensete ventricosum

Deciduous
Ensete ventricosum
From the mountains in east africa comes this ornamental banana. Not hardy enough for the garden, but survives outside with much protection plus artificial heating.  
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Musa basjoo

Deciduous
Musa basjoo
  • Solitary
  • Hardy to -20 °C
Currently the best-growing garden banana - a 'must' for an exotic garden! Fruits are not edible. Cover abundantly with straw or conifer leaves in winter. Use bubble-plastic foil as final "hat". Essential for exotic gardens. Apply in summer lots of manure and water. Without winter protection the plant may freeze back but usually recovers completely with new shoots from the roots in late spring aftere severe frosts.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Mountain banana collection
Orchard
Max 5m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  3Liter=€22,50 5L=€30 7L=€40 10L=€50 12L=€60 15L€75 25L =€95 35L=€130 50L=€195 Full price list

Musa Chini Champa

Deciduous
Musa Chini Champa
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Hardy to -10 °C
Hardy mountain banana from Northern India. Limited availability. Used in breeding with other Musa varieties for increasing cold tolerance. Fruits in our unheated polytunnel.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Polytunnel2
Max 5m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  Currently not available Full price list

Musa dajiao

banana

Deciduous
Musa dajiao
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Hardy to -5 °C
New introduction from China. Under observation. Might probably produce edible bananas under glass! In 2023 planted in the garden as an experiment.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Bissetii-grove
Max 3m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  Available on request Full price list

Musa Dwarf Orinoco

Deciduous
Musa Dwarf Orinoco
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Border plant
  • Hardy to -5 °C
cold resistant, for fruit in the polytunnel? With extreme frostprotection it seems not impossible to harvest fruit in the garden... in August '23 planted in our garden.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Bissetii-grove
Polytunnel2
Max 2.5m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  Available on request Full price list

Musa Helens Hybrid

Moderate leaf loss
Musa Helens Hybrid
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Hardy to ? °C
Helen’s Hybrid may be a cross between Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger and Musa Chinichampa. Seedlings from this happy marriage are not uniform. Some resemble their father, some resemble their mother. Most plants are intermediate like the one pictured. With maximum winter protection this might be an interesting addition to the assortment of garden banana's. small quantities sometimes available, all from seed and not from tissue culture (= not from a laboratory).
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Hardy Canna Border
Max 4m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  Available on request Full price list

Musa puspanjaliae

Deciduous
Musa puspanjaliae
  • Solitary
  • Hardy to -10 °C
Mountain banana from Dulongjiang, currently in observation
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Polytunnel2
Bissetii-grove
Max 5m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  Currently not available Full price list

Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger

banana

Deciduous
Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Hardy to -15 °C
Mountain banana from N.E. India. Leaves with red blotches, central vein at first dark red at the back aging to green. Recent introduction, tough enough for the garden with heavy winter protection; sikkimensis leaves are tougher than Musa basjoo. Fruit edible, with seeds
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Mountain banana collection
Max 6m
Clumping
Sizes and prices  3Liter=€22,50 5L=€30 7L=€40 10L=€50 12L=€60 15L€75 25L =€95 35L=€130 50L=€195 Full price list

Musa sp. Yangtse

Deciduous
Musa sp. Yangtse
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Border plant
  • Hardy to -20 °C
(syn. Musa sp. Tibet or M. yunnanensis var. Yongpingense) One of the best-growing garden banana's - a 'must' for an exotic garden! So far no flowering record known. Cover abundantly with straw or conifer leaves in winter. Use bubble-plastic sheet as final "hat". Essential for exotic gardens. Apply in summer lots of manure and water. Without winter protection the plant may freeze back but usually recovers completely with new shoots in late spring after severe frosts.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Mountain banana collection
Max 3m
Slow spreader
Sizes and prices  2 Liter=€27,50 3L=€37,50 5L=€45 7L=€55 12L=€67,50 15L=€77,50 25L=€165 Full price list

Musa yunnanense Giant Form

Deciduous
Musa yunnanense Giant Form
  • Tub plant
  • Solitary
  • Mediterranean
  • Hardy to -10 °C
 Was under observation in my garden, but appeared to be not hardy enough here in the 2017/2018 winter. No longer available. Still alive in 2020. A giant form of this Musa is now (2020) under observation and alive.
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
Orchard
Max 2m
Moderate spreader
Sizes and prices  Available on request Full price list

Musella lasiocarpa (Banana)

banana

Leaf loss
Musella lasiocarpa (Banana)
  • Solitary
  • Hardy to -10 °C
This dwarf banana gives yellow flowers over a long time. Hardiness is limited, so good winter ptotection is very important!
This plant can be found in the botanical garden in the following locations:
In container
Max 1.5m
Clumping
Sizes and prices  2 Liter=€15 3 L=€22,50 5L=€32,50 7L=€40 10L=€45 12L=€50 25L=€85 Full price list

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