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Spott · 08-16-2008, 08:37 AM

Ok, a few days ago I'm walking through the Home Depot plant dept (I just can't resist) looking for unusual plants. I stumbled upon what was labeled as "Winter Hardy banana plant".
There is of course no ID whatsoever about it apart from info for its care.
Here is a brief summary from the supplied tag:

Plant height 10-15 feet
Spacing 6 feet
This hardy banana can grow 2 feet per week with 6 foot leaves. Creamy yellow blooms are followed by ornamental yellow/green fruit.
Cut back to 2 feet after first frost and use the pruned leaves as protective cover through the winter.

So I bought two..... one I planted outside in full sun and the other I keep inside just in case the other fails.
Here are two pics I just took of the one inside to help with ID.

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Spott Find me on the map! Zone: 5A Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5 BananaBucks : 20,009 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Winter hardy banana plant??? Ok, a few days ago I'm walking through the Home Depot plant dept (I just can't resist) looking for unusual plants. I stumbled upon what was labeled as "Winter Hardy banana plant". There is of course no ID whatsoever about it apart from info for its care. Here is a brief summary from the supplied tag: Plant height 10-15 feet Spacing 6 feet This hardy banana can grow 2 feet per week with 6 foot leaves. Creamy yellow blooms are followed by ornamental yellow/green fruit. Cut back to 2 feet after first frost and use the pruned leaves as protective cover through the winter. So I bought two..... one I planted outside in full sun and the other I keep inside just in case the other fails. Here are two pics I just took of the one inside to help with ID.