ngiann

Thank you all for your comments.

Mike: You must check if your Grapes are the appropriate kind for making arbors. Here in Greece, there are two different kinds: the normal (Dwarf?) kind with countless subtypes of color,taste etc, and the long ones (also many subtypes) that are very long and have the tendency to "lie" horizontally. These are "table" grapes and they are no so good for making wine(not much alcohol), but they are excellent to eat. They can cover big areas quick, and they give a pleasant shadow, also they can trained to go very high (I saw many of them covering 2nd floor flat roofs!).

Our climate here where I live (Aegina island) is mediterranean type: Mild wet winters & dry hot summers. This climate appears to be also in S.California, a part of Chile, South Africa and a West South part of Australia.
This is basically my 1st year with bananas and I really had a very hard time to collect the ones I have now. No one here in Greece (except one or two) knows what I'm talking about when I say Ice Cream, Raja Puri etc
In garden shops you can find just "bananas" - no more info. Some people in our island put them in their gardens as ornamentals, and they leave them as they are. Never trim or remove the flowered pstems. But I saw one that is making real fruits every year - not far from me, and this gives me hopes.
Of course in Crete island, there are some professional growers (they have Cavendish), but this island is southern and is warmer.
So far my bananas grow very fast, and we are warm here until mid November or may be more and now that I have some more cold tolerant types I hope to have some fruits in the future.