Cool Climate Bananas or Cold Hardy Bananas are grown for their foliage. Banana species and banana relatives that will handle the cooler temperatures are generally not suitable for fruit production. Frost will still be a problem and over wintering may require some work. However cool growing bananas can provide great 'Tropical Foliage' for the garden. Musa sikkimensis or 'Darjeeling Banana', Musa basjoo 'Japanese Banana', Musa spp. "Yunnan" Yunnan Banana, Musella lasiocarpa 'Chinese Dwarf Banana' or 'Golden lotus banana', Musa velutina 'Velvet Banana', Red Banana, Ensete glaucum or Ensete giganteum or 'Giant Nepalese Banana' and Ensete ventricosum or Abyssinian Banana
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Cool Climate Bananas
 
 

Cool Climate Bananas

Banana plants for cooler climates include those listed below. Heights are indicitave only and advice should be obtained from suppliers are to growing heights and conditions for your local area.


Musa sikkimensis or 'Darjeeling Banana'
Is from Bhutan and will grow to 5m great purple tinged foliage.

Musa basjoo 'Japanese Banana'.
Great foliage plant growing to 1m, Large bright green foliage (Fruit is inedible)

Musa spp. "Yunnan" Yunnan Banana
Will grow to 2 - 5m, great foliage and cold hardy,

Musella lasiocarpa 'Chinese Dwarf Banana' or 'Golden lotus banana'
A banana relative grown for its foliage and flower, fruit is not edible.

Musa velutina 'Velvet Banana', Red Banana
To 2m or 1m in a container, great foliage plant

Ensete glaucum or Ensete giganteum or 'Giant Nepalese Banana'

Ensete ventricosum or Abyssinian Banana
6 - 12m


 





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