Carolina Gardening: Banana success in zone 8a, 0 by keonikale

keonikale wrote:
I was responding to this thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1049707/ and thought this might be a neat way to track which Bananas surive and/or thrive in our Carolina zones.

As of mid/late March.... (see below for update)

Growing quickly
Basjoo

Showing good growth
Abyssinian

Showing some signs of life
Dwarf Cavendish
Veluntina

So far, no signs of growth
Saba
Hawaiian 'Apple' / Mainland Brazilian (transplanted from Kauai - parent seen in photo below)
Bordelon
Orinoco
Dwarf Orinoco
'Praying Hands'

No signs of growth and not looking good
'Ice Cream' (Blue Java)
Dwarf Namwah
Pisang Ceylon

Expected to be dead
Siam Ruby

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Ultimately, I tried, and LOST all of the following over the last two winters.

Zebrina Rojo (Blood Bananas)
Gran Nain
Itinerans [verdict still out on this one as of early 2011]
'Praying Hands'
Dwarf Namwah
Pisang Ceylon
Siam Ruby
Dwarf Cavendish
Hawaiian 'Apple' / Mainland 'Brazilian'
Bordelon
'Praying Hands'
Orinoco
Dwarf Orinoco

The ultimate winter (2009-2010 & 2010-2011) survivors are:
Basjoo
Abyssinian
Veluntina
'Ice Cream' (Blue Java)
Saba

This message was edited Apr 9, 2011 1:38 PM

This message was edited Apr 9, 2011 1:39 PM