Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid Atlantic Tropicals, 2 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Here is a link to a very good article on 'Bananas" geared towards growing them successfully in Zone 7 Answers many questions. Unfortunately it isn't the link about the two kinds of pups, but I'm still looking for same

http://www.plantdelights.com/Banana-Trees-for-the-Garden/pro...

Pics below are ones I saved from the references about different kinds of pups. As you can see from the drawing, the first pup is the maiden follower and replaces the main plant as it dies after flowering. Then there are 'swords' and 'peepers' or water sprouts, too, Musa type Bananas like to colonize, while Ensetes go it alone and rarely send up offshoots.

This should hold us til I get back in an hour or so... Judy coleup

This message was edited Aug 19, 2012 10:00 AM