Live Banana Leaf Plant
We are selling 10 15 pups these are baby banana trees they make a great indoor plant.
Live banana leaf plant. Each banana plant requires a hole at least 30cm 1ft wide and 30cm 1ft deep. The suckers should have small spear shaped leaves and ideally be about four feet high. Remove dead leaves and banana plants and chop them up to place around the live plants. The 10 15 measurement is the root base to the tip or top leaf.
The banana leaf is the leaf of the banana plant which may produce up to 40 leaves in a growing cycle. Cut the sucker from the main banana plant with a sharp shovel. How to grow a banana tree. As most of the united states lacks the necessary climate to grow banana successfully it is often sold under the name banana leaf houseplant and grown indoors.
Smaller suckers will take longer to fruit and the first banana bunch will be smaller. They will ship with leaves trimmed to help plant survive. Fully rooted and ready for planting. Larger holes should be used in areas of high wind but will require more soil.
Keep banana plants at least 4 5m 15ft from trees and shrubs not other banana plants with large root systems that may compete with the bananas water. These can compete with the banana plant. Banana fruit tree musa dwarf cavendish live plant edible garden tropical. Other yard waste and wood ash can also be added to return nutrients to the soil.
All the above ground parts of a banana plant grow from a structure usually called a corm plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy and are often mistaken for trees but what appears to be a trunk is actually a false stem or pseudostem bananas grow in a wide variety of soils as long as the soil is at least 60 centimetres 2 0 ft. Live musa cavendish super dwarf banana starter plant. Cut downwards between the mature plant and the sucker. Banana plants have a generally irregular shape.
Banana plant leaves are huge depending on the variety they can be up to 2 feet wide and 9 feet long. Caring for your beautiful banana leaf plant is simple. Cavendish super dwarf cavendish super dwarf is a tender compact upright suckering evergreen perennial with large oblong mid green leaves and sporadically throughout the year pendent. 26 see all buying options add to my list.
They are used for decorative and symbolic purposes in numerous hindu. They are used for cooking wrapping and food serving in a wide range of cuisines in tropical and subtropical areas. Grow this plant in a location where it will be sheltered from the wind as it is very susceptible to damaged leaves. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant.
Check the mulch regularly and remove any weeds that are growing. The leaves have a wide range of applications because they are large flexible waterproof and decorative. You are purchasing the exact plant in the photo. Native to tropical southeast asia banana grows best in united states department of agriculture usda plant hardiness zones 10 and 11.