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Good Gardens Guide 2007

Musa 'Little Prince' - Banana (2728 readers)

Contributed by amazon 21.01 2008 on 08:32:18 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Title and Article's text

Due to the compactness of Musa Little Prince, it is ideally suited as both a houseplant and can also be used as a tropical accent in the garden and in a summer container. Little Prince is an extremely dwarf banana, selected for its compact size and thick foliage. ...

Musella lasiocarpa - Chinese Yellow Banana (1397 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:22:42 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Title and Article's text

Musella lasiocarpa is an exciting banana relative that comes from high altitudes (to frosty 2800m / 9200ft!) in the Yunnan province in China. The maximum height of the plant is only about 1.5m / 5ft, half of which is a very stout, conical trunk, topped by a crown of handsome, slightly glaucous, broad leaves. From early age, the rhizome produces many suckers. The flower, which is big and bright yellow, appears in its second year, and grows upright at the top of the trunk. As the inflorescence gro ...

Passiflora mollissima - Banana Passion Flower (4925 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.06 2007 on 10:23:12 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Title and Article's text

Banana Passion Fruit (Passiflora mollissima). A yellow, oval shaped passion fruit with bright yellow skin and orange pulp. Pulp is edible and very tasty. Often used in juice making. ...

Ensete ventricosum - Red Abyssinian Banana (3712 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.08 2007 on 07:35:08 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Title and Article's text

Synonyms:Ensete edule, Musa ensete, Musa arnoldiana, Ensete arnoldianum | The size of this ornamental banana tree can reach over 35 feet depending mainly on the warmth and duration of your growing season. The leaf stems are noticeably lower on the pseudostem causing a wider overall look. As the older leaves die back their leaf stems remain attatched to the trunk. The lower trunk becomes swollen with age as the plant becomes taller. The leaves are generally 8 long and 4 wide. Usually several year ...

Musa basjoo 'Sakhaline' - Japanese banana (3653 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 08:48:12 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Title and Article's text

Another striking feature of exotic-like gardens in our climate (zone 6) are leaves of banana trees. This selection “Sakhaline” is fully hardy and was named by the largest Russian island in the North Pacific, where its origin is. Though this island is in the same climatic zone as for example China, it is rather mountainous and in some areas temperature swings from -40°C in winter to 30°C in summer. In other parts, however, it seldom drops below -12°C and reaches no more than 16°C in summer. So yo ...

Ensete glaucum - Snow Banana (1282 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.09 2007 on 10:43:11 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Title

Possibly the hardiest Ensete species, this plant originates from high altitude China so is accustomed to cooler regions. The huge, glaucous leaves are architectural and decorative, great for the tropical borders or large containers. ...

Hot Plants for Cool Climates (1347 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:53:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones | The most exciting new trend in garden design is the lush look of the tropics -- no matter where you live! If, like so many gardeners, youre a little bored with pastel flowers and rigid borders, welcome to the jungly garden, where the plants have huge shiny leaves, boldly colored foliage, ferny textures, and flame-colored flowers. Now that garden centers and nurseries are stocking banana plants, elephant ears, giant ferns, and Amazon lilies, you ...

The Garden Plants of China (1395 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only received a great number of fine plants from China, its also been influenced by the Chinese appreciation of plants, by their ideas on striving to have something in bloom year-round, and by their treasuring shape as well as bloom. A surprising numb ...

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