Early in the fall, Linda, who gardens with her husband Glenn in Langford, sent me an email with several photos: “I wanted to show you our banana plant that has produced bananas. We planted it in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Green bananas hanging from a stem - Aapsky/Getty Images Ever wondered whether you could grow a whole tree from the banana you just ...

The Japanese fibre banana, Musa basjoo, can thrive in surprisingly cold temperatures We all have our own annual milestones that coax us out of horticultural hibernation, kicking off a flurry of plans ...

The hardy banana (Musa basjoo) is a different species than the tropical bananas we're used to (Musa x paradisiaca). It still needs some extra care in our climate; hardy bananas have survived ...

LITTLE ROCK — The tropical look is in, and gardeners have become well versed in using elephant ears, bananas and other large-leafed tropicals to create the look. But, after a time, dealing with ...

Horticulturists at a garden in Harrogate have celebrated the blooming for the first time ever of a 15ft (4.5m) banana plant. The Musa Basjoo banana plant has flowered at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. The ...

Question: We purchased a banana tree this year, and I was wondering if we would ever be able to harvest bananas? Answer: Many gardeners enjoy adding a touch of the tropics with various plants such as ...

There seems to be something about gardeners, some fatal flaw or linked gene that predisposes all of us to insist on growing things we just shouldn’t try to grow. If the wild type of a plant has white ...