Anyone who spends enough time gardening eventually gets sucked into what we call "shock gardening," that time-honored practice of growing something that just shouldn’t be there – or at least gives ...

LITTLE ROCK — The tropical look is in, and gardeners have become well versed in using elephant ears, bananas and other large-leafed tropicals to create the look. But, after a time, dealing with ...

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Robert Bowden has seen snow dust the leaves of some cold-hardy banana trees. Two of those winter-brave varieties include golden lotus banana (Musella lasiocarpa) and Japanese banana (Musa basjoo).

Our garden centers this year are stocked with banana plants by the truckload and had more varieties than I have ever seen for sale. It is exciting to see bananas sold by variety or species. Thanks to ...

Until the 1950s. the most popular commercial banana variety in the world was the Gros Michel, which was affectionately known as “Big Mike.” Due to Panama wilt, a fungus disease, it was virtually wiped ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have you recently or in ...

Few, if any, plants can rival hardy bananas (Musa basjoo) when it comes to adding a tropical flair to Northwest gardens. These exotic plants can grow to over 20 feet tall with 12-foot- long leaves.

It seems gardeners are going nuts over bananas, and I can see why. I recently visited a turn-of-the-century home in a downtown metropolitan area. Entering the backyard, I felt like I was in a tropical ...