mm4birds

Don't go crazy worrying about the cold weather. I live in New York City and have successfuly overwintered my basjoo in three seperate locations around my house for the past 5 years with varying degees of protection. Last winter I piled bags of leaves around the large clumps of banana plants and filled the center with more leaves for insulation. In the spring I removed all the leaves and bags and cut back any soft stem. By April the new growth started to emerge and then just took off. This fall the plants were huge, growing to a height of 15-20 feet until the first frost. They are now sleeping under a blanket of leaves and I hope to see them again in the spring. Mind you this won't work with any plants you hope to flower but who eats basjoo bananas anyway! The results are on my homepage.