Musa Basjoo is a spectacular and flamboyant plant that offers a tropical look for climates that are nowhere near the Equator, climates like the Pacific Northwest even. It’s actually a banana tree.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been ...

I guess I have been a bit cavalier in my approach to wrapping banana trees. My habit has been to simply wrap some newspapers around the trunk and then some plastic around the newspapers for winter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A terminal cancer sufferer has managed to grow rare Japanese bananas in his Devon back garden. Paul Edis, 54, and his wife Srey-March, 32, planted a Musa basjoo tree - which originates from Japan’s ...

When we think of banana trees, places like the Caribbean come to mind. But Lucie Hérard has managed to turn that image on its head by growing them in her east-end Montreal yard, year round. She said ...