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Old 09-07-2007, 08:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Some people hate banana plants

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Originally Posted by fish2026 View Post
I live on the ocean in south Texas. My neighborhood is basically rich -white- still likes Bush- old and boring. For most when a banana plant springs up - they kill it. I'm constantly asked "Why do you like those things?" with the inference that its a low class plant. Last week "Why are you planting more?"

Whats important is my children like them and my rabbit used to sit next to me quietly while I ate bananas knowing he'd get to eat the skins.

I really don't want my yard to look like everyone else's ( and I promise it doesn't).

Anyway - any ideas on why this plant isn't appreciated? Anyone ever run into the same attitude?
I think it is seen as a low class plant because the poor migrants from South America and Asia grow them. Take a trip to a poor ethnic neighborhood and you'll surely find bananas growing on just about every street, at least here in Cali anyway.
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