Musa basjoo, Hardy Banana winter interest This plant is generally intolerant

This plant is generally intolerant of the extreme heat of the Deep South

Send a Clematis up this multi-stemmed shrub to use its patch of real estate to the max

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but terrifically rewarding

'Claremont' has large

Musa basjoo, Hardy Banana winter interest This plant is generally intolerantThis hardy banana has blazed a trail into the idyllic island in each of us: bold 8 foot long leaves on clumping plants to 15 feet tall. Don't be put off by the occasional tattered leaf; that is the nature and part of the look of banana plants. If you live in a bit colder climate as we do, you might even enjoy the wintertime brown and tattered leaves, especially if you are a photographer. Here in Western Oregon, it is perennial. Protect from summer