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 5mSlow spreader

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 5mSlow spreader

Musa dajiao

banana

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 3mSlow spreader

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 2.5mSlow spreader

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 4mSlow spreader

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 5mSlow spreader

Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger

banana

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 6mClumping

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 3mSlow spreader

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 2mModerate spreader