Carolina Gardening: Banana success in zone 8a, 1 by donnacreation

donnacreation wrote:
I agree that it's best to stick with proven cold hardy bananas in our zone. I do wish I had protected my red abyssinian last year. I thought it was returning last April, but I think I may have killed it with a bleach and insecticide wash I applied several times. I'm still winging it. I only had 2 of 7 bananas survive last winter (and my voodoo "remedies"), and I have no idea what cultivar they are. I had forgotten how stunning my abyssinian was last summer. It's the only out of zone banana I will try again, especially since yours survived.