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NAME |
Light Req't |
Finish Time |
Pot size for finishing |
Plant height when mature |
Plant Hardiness
Zone |
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MUSA (FRUITING BANANA) |
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Ensete maurelii
Native to Ethiopia
Fantastically colorful plant with red lower leaf surfaces and red leaf axils. Looks hand painted . Fast growing and non-clumping. Does not sucker like other bananas. |
Full sun |
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6 to 20" |
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Cold hardy in Zone 7 and higher. Does best in hot dry climates. Does not like high humidity |
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NEW- Worlds Largest Banana
Musa 'African Rhino Horn' produces long, curved fruits up to 2 feet long which can weigh as much as 2 pounds. Grows 12' to 18' and has maroon coloring in the pseudostem and petioles. The fruit can be used as a plantain or eaten out of hand when fully ripe.
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Fast growing |
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12-18 ft |
Zone 9-11 |
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Musa Balbisiana
A banana from Northeast India that grows at high altitude.Can tolerate a frost down to 28F as long as its mulched. |
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zone 6 |
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MUSA Basjoo
Cold tolerant |
Full Sun |
1 to 2 seasons depending on location |
6 to 10" |
14 feet |
4 |
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MUSA Belle
A vigorous grower in Florida
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Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
10 feet |
9 |
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MUSA Bordelon
Rich burgundy coloring on underside of leaf that will not fade with age
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Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
9 to 14 feet |
9 |
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Musa Burmese Blue
A wild banana growing in northern Thailand. It is a seeded species. fruit skin takes on a bluish purple color. This is a very fast growing musa |
Full sun |
1 season |
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12-15'
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Zone 9-10 |
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MUSA Cardaba
An excellet cultivar with an unusual bluish-green plantain which is great for cooking
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Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
14 feet |
10 |
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MUSA Double (Mahoi)
A true conversation piece that will produce two heads of fruit at the same time |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
7 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Dwarf Cavendish |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
6-7 feet |
8 |
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Musa Super Dwarf Cavendish |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6-10" |
3-5 ft |
8 |
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MUSA Dwarf French Plantain |
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1 season |
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MUSA Dwarf 'Nam Wa'
Produces sweet “lady finger” type fruit and known
by many different names throughout the world.
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Sun |
1 season |
rps 6-14” |
8-10’ |
zone 9 |
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MUSA Dwarf Red |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
6 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Dwarf Red Green
This Musa has red coloring on stem and
will produce red fruit. |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
6 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Dwarf Orinoco
A small solid green vigorous grower which produces fruit that can ripen on plant without splitting
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1 season |
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Musa Dwarf 'Puerto Rican' |
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1 season |
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6-8 feet |
Zone 8-10 |
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Musa Dwarf Thai |
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1 season |
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MUSA Ebun Musak |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
10-12 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Giant Plantain |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
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MUSA French Horn |
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1 season |
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MUSA Gran Nain
The common commercial banana you will find at your local supermarket
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Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
8 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA High Color Mini (super dwarf) |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
5 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Hua Moa
One of the best cooking bananas used to make wonderful tostones and maduros
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Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
10 to 12 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Ice Cream 'AG'
Highly regarded as one of the best tasting
fruit producers. The fruit has a yellowish-blue-green look to it just before it ripens in Central Florida..
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Sun |
1 season |
rps 6-14” |
10-12’ |
zone 8-10 |
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MUSA Kofi (Dessert) |
Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
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MUSA Kru
Easily recognized for its red shaded stem. Excellent performer in home gardens & container
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Full Sun |
1 season |
6 to 10" |
10 to 12 feet |
8-10 |
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NEW
Musa 'Lacatan' is desirable for desert bananas because of their sweet taste, aroma, and firm texture when ripe. They are prefered to cavendish varieties in their native region of the Philipines. Fruit has sweet taste and aroma
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1 season
Harvest fruit in 8 to 12 months |
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5-9 feet |
Zone 8-11 |
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Musa 'Little Prince'
A dwarf ornamental banana. 1 to 2-1/2' tall depending on pot size. |
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1 growing season |
6" to 12" |
2 to 2-1/2 feet |
7-10 |
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MUSA Manzano (Apple)
Fast growing musa with a slight apple flavor |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
10 to 14 feet |
9-10 |
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MUSA Misi Luki (Dessert, great taste)
One of the best tasting bananas for the home garden
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
9 |
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MUSA Monkey Fingers |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
20 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Namwah (Belle)
Known for its drought resistance, vigor, and excellent flavor.
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
10 to 14 feet |
9-10 |
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Musa Dwarf Namwah (Pearl)
A dwarf chartreuse selection of ‘Nam wa.’ |
Partial Sun |
1 growing season |
rps 6-10” |
3-4’ |
zone 9 |
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MUSA Nino
A slender plant that produces small heads of fruit with excellent quality
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
18 feet |
9 |
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MUSA Orinoco
A cold hardy vigorous grower which produces large clumps of wind resistant foliage
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
17 to 21 feet |
7-9 |
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MUSA Pisang Ceylon (imp. Mysore)
An improved 'Mysore' which is resistant to Black Streak Virus |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
16 feet |
9 |
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MUSA Pitogo
A collectors choice which produces small round delicious fruits
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
9 |
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MUSA Praying Hands
Very distinct fruit which resembles two hands folded together |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Raja Puri
Excellent choice for home landscape. Can flower in just 9 months
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
8 to 10 feet |
7b |
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MUSA Red Iholene
One of the most beautiful of all musas, and bears fine tasting fruit too |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
8 to 10 |
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MUSA Red Jewel (NEW) |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
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MUSA Rowe Red
Rowe Red is an improved sumatrana ‘Zebrina’ (Rojo). |
Sun |
1 growing season |
rps 6-14” |
16’ |
zone 9 |
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Musa 'Saba'
'Saba' banana comes to us from the Philippines, where it is common staple of their diet. 'Saba' is a very sturdy plant and can grow to up to 25 feet tall! This banana has good cold tolerance and wind resistance. The trunk can grow as thick as 24 inches wide! The short stout bananas make excellent tostones. The male flower can be cooked and eaten too. |
Partial to Full Sun |
1 growing season |
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15' to 25' |
Zone 8-11 |
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Musa Siam Ruby
The only banana to have red leaves and trunk. Juveniles are green and as they grow older turns reddish
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
rps 6-14” |
8-10’ |
zone 9 |
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MUSA sumatrana x 'Gran Nain' Cross
A short stout plant with wide maroon variegated leaves that make it a prize specimen
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
10 feet |
9-10 |
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MUSA sumatrana 'Zebrina' (Rojo)
Great centerpiece for mixed container that will stay short with very attractive foliage |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
10 feet |
9-10 |
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MUSA Super Plantain
This terrific fruit has become a staple in Caribbean and Latin cuisine
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Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
9-10 |
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MUSA Thousand Fingers
A most unusual banana, ‘1000 Fingers’ is a beautiful solid green plant that grows 8 to 10 feet tall and produces sweet 1 ½” tiny bananas too numerous to count. The stem of fruit can be as long a 8 feet. The fruit are seedless and sweet with a pleasant flavor |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
8-12 feet |
9-10 |
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MUSA 'Thai Black'
As the name says, trunks are black. A Very unique feature in a banana plant. Found in Thailand |
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1 growing season |
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Zone 8-9 |
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MUSA Truly Tiny (NEW) One of the smallest Musas in the world, great
container item. |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6 to 10" |
18" to 24" |
9-10 |
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Musa Veinte Cohol
'Veinte Cohol' banana is a dessert variety from the Philippines. It is quick to produce fruit based on many trials in Georgia. If a 1 gallon plant is put into the ground in spring, there can be fruit before first frost in southern Georgia, and potentially other areas with short growing seasons. 'Veinte Cohol' will produce 3-4" plump bananas that are soft and sweet. |
Full Sun |
1 growing season |
6-10" |
7-10' |
Zone 9-11 |
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NAME |
Light Req't |
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Pot size Req't when mature |
Plant height when mature |
Plant Hardiness
Zone |
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MUSA (FLOWERING ORNAMENTAL BANANA) |
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MUSA lasiocarpa
Noted for its cold resistance. |
Full Sun |
6 to 10 weeks |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
4 |
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MUSA 'Beccarii'
A very impressive ornamental. With inflorescences of deep orange/red and yellow tips, a slender growing plant with long slim green leaves. An outstanding variety for cut flower. |
Full Sun |
6 to 10 weeks |
6 to 10" |
12 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA coccinea |
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MUSA 'Mannii' (Indian Dwarf)
An exellent plant where height is a concern. |
Full Sun |
6 to 10 weeks |
6 to 10" |
2-4 feet |
9-10 |
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Musa 'Milky Way'
An absolutely gorgeous ornamental banana with inflorescence that are milky white with small white bananas and graceful dark slender green leaves and red midribs make this an exceptional banana for the musa collector |
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5 to 8 feet |
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MUSA Ornata 'Bronze
A highly attractive plant. Its leaves are long and wide with an orange mid rib running the length of the leaves. Its bloom is a bronze/orange that unfurls its blooming bract to reveal tiny banana like cream colored flowers. One of our favorites. Very rare! |
Full Sun |
6 to 10 weeks |
6 to 10" |
5-10 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA Ornata 'Macro'
A stunning plant excellent for cut flowers |
Full Sun |
6 to 10 weeks |
6 to 10" |
5-9 feet |
9-10 |
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MUSA Ornata 'Royal Pink'
Fantastic ornamental banana for containers
or small gardens. |
Full Sun |
6 to 10 weeks |
6 to 10" |
5-9 feet |
8-10 |
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MUSA 'Siam Yellow'
Produces a beautiful yellow bloom. |
Sun |
6-10 wks |
rps 6-14” |
7-8’ |
zone 8-10 |
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MUSA velutina (CVT)
An exquisite variety with bright green leaves and showy blossoms, followed by hands of small pink bananas. An excellent choice for small garden areas. Partial sun. it makes an excellent potted plant! |
Sun |
6-10 wks |
rps 6-14” |
7’ |
zone 6 |
