I lost mine musa, leaving it outside unwrapped during the visit of the Beast from the East. Careless of me I know. I did give my son in law some of its baby side shoots last year and they are doing fine so I may get some back one day. My mother plant flowered and it was never the same again.
I like @Hostafan1 comparison, except, I want the banana, the wine, the cinema tickets and whatever else. Not sure why I have never tried one, I grow a few other tropicals. The Colocasia are already looking spectacular this year.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I think my banana takes less effort then virtually anything else in the garden and everyone comments on it. I don't feed it, it doesn't attract bugs of any kind, it doesn't get any fungal troubles that other plants get. Not so much the plants which need staking, feeding and endless deadheading to keep them looking good. An hour to plant it,and another hour to dig it up again. 2 hours a year? Does anything need much less faffing than that?
Maybe we should reframe the gardening year, given the predictability of this annual event. Instead of months, we could reference this critical gardening event: 'those seeds should be planted before banana' or 'don't prune until after banana'...
My wife hated my ensete and Musa basjoo. I had 3 different varieties of ensete and 3 huge clumps of Musa basjoo. I threw 2 ensete out and sold the basjoo.
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Not sure why I have never tried one, I grow a few other tropicals. The Colocasia are already looking spectacular this year.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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I don't feed it, it doesn't attract bugs of any kind, it doesn't get any fungal troubles that other plants get.
Not so much the plants which need staking, feeding and endless deadheading to keep them looking good.
An hour to plant it,and another hour to dig it up again. 2 hours a year? Does anything need much less faffing than that?