Musa or Banana- Fully Hardy Perennials?

Banana
With their giant, perfectly green, glossy leaves and well-defined anatomy these help to give a tropical look to the garden. Being fully hardy, these perennials can be grown both outdoors or indoors. It’ s an appealing idea to grown them as ornamental plants adorning living rooms or patio. These can grow up at a fast pace in the first season and should be placed ideally to allow full light. Dwarf varieties of the plant usually bear large bunches of edible fruits that have high iron content.

Musa Basjoo - The Only Truly Hardy Banana
Musa Basjoo, also known as the Japanese banana has large bright green leaves that arch out from the main stem. This evergreen plant brings a truly tropical look to the garden. It bears creamy yellow flowers arranged on large brownish bracts. These flowers are arranged in an ornamental manner around the bract and hang from the stem like a pendant. With regular watering and sufficient food supply the plant bears considerably large leaves with fresh leaves popping out almost every week. Behind the flowers small and uneatable bananas grow. This banana is regarded sacred in some parts of the world and are grown as the temple plant.

Super Dwarf – ‘ Cavendishi’
The super dwarf is an excellent houseplant belonging to the Cavendishi family with broad leaves and medium to large edible bananas. Young leaves of this plant have a maroonish stain. It’ s best suited to be bred indoors receiving filtered light .it may get stunted in harsh sunlight.

Snow Banana – ‘ Ensette Maurelii’
This plant has an amazing look with its maroonish red color, which feels as if the leaves and trunk are flushed with blood. However this plant shows different coloration in different regions. In some parts of Florida they have predominant green colored leaves. If planted outside, with the change of season either the reddish tinge becomes more prominent or it fades away.

Blood Banana – ‘ Musa Zebrina’
This is an eye-catching and ornamental banana also known as the Blood Banana for their striking maroon spotty leaves with a brownish midrib. The topside of the leaves is dark green with spots of red and the underside wears a wine red color. This evergreen perennial plant, native to Indonesia is usually grown adorning poolside. It’ s regarded as a perfect greenhouse plant and should be germinated from afresh from the seeds at the beginning of the year.