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Bananas

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Summer Sale on Selected Items!

Tropical Bananas by mail order - probably my favourite Exotic for a stunning effect, many easy to grow from seed but there is a much wider availability from plant propgation. What can be more exotic and jungly than a Banana tree waving in the breeze amongst your summer bedding? Some varieties can be treated as bedding perennials if the root stocks are protected in winter with some sacking or other suitable material. (See the Winter Protection Page on our JungleSeeds Site). Others are best grown as summer bedding with one or at most two years winter protection in a Conservatory or Greenhouse.

Ensete maurelii

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Red Abysinian Banana 1 plants ■☻♥

We offer and always have offered a large micro propagated selected clone of maurelii with a more upright habit than the original clone and similar to the smaller "Tandarra Red" being offered by some garden centres? Our form of this superb plant has to be the king of all banana's. The one shown in the picture was grown in our front garden and stood at about 9ft tall in late July in it's second season after over wintering in a Polytunnel! Easily reaching 6ft in the first year from small plants and 8ft to 10ft from our larger plants.The fabulous red, stained foliage is enhanced in our cool climate, turning almost completely green in tropical high temperatures. Easy and fast growing, although not hardy, it enjoys our cool summers - Will require over wintering in a greenhouse or conservatory.

Ensete montbeliardii

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A very rare plant! 50% off

Ensete ventricosum montbeliardii Large 3 litre plants ■☻♥

(Please note Sale Plant leaves will have to be cut back to ship)

A recent re-introduction into the UK by David Constantine this ensete was originally documented in 1930 but fell out of cultivation. An upright, elegant ensete with thicker leaves that are a bit greener without the same wonderful deep red colouring as maurelii. A very tall plant once it gets going with a red midrib to the very long thin leaves, the attractive red strip also continues down the stems. This is a collectors item though and we will only have a limited number available. (You might need a very tall conservatory to overwinter this one!)

Musa basjoo

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Japanese Hardy Banana 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ җ ♥

A hardy Banana actually from China that you can leave out all winter. This tall slender banana with bright green leaves makes a very architectural plant in the garden. It soon develops suckers to form a clump effect so reminiscent of the bananas seen in tropical countries. If you protect the main stem in winter with for example chimney liner pots in-filled with straw and covered with a suitable artifact that keeps the rain out but allowing the plant to breath, this may keep the main growing stem alive. It should then continue to grow the following spring with the plant making enough growth in our summer to possibly reach flowering size. Normally the plant would be cut down after the first frost damage and the rootstock protected with straw or bracken during winter, in spring shoots from the base exceed 6ft to 7ft by September.

Musa cavendishii

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Edible fruiting banana 3 litre plants (Fruits at 2 Metre Tall) ■☻♥

If you have the headroom this is one of the bananas of commerce producing large hands of slightly smaller bananas on a plant reaching 10ft or so. Flower and fruit could be expected in three years providing sufficient heat, food, sunlight and water are provided. At this time the base of the main stem will be about 15" diameter. Many suckers develop but from my experience these sap the strength of the plant and are best removed if you intend to grow it to fruiting size. If left on, the plant will quickly develop multiple stems making an attractive clump of banana leaved foliage. (Needs a minimum night temperature all year round of 18C and 25C plus during the day)

Musa cavendishii Super Dwarf

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Edible fruiting banana in 3 litre pots (Fruits at 1 Metre Tall) ■☻♥

Not surprisingly Musa Cavendishi Super Dwarf proved really popular with our customers every year. The chance to grow a real small fruiting banana in your conservatory or greenhouse which fruits at about 1 metre tall is not to be missed.

Musa Dwarf Orinoco

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Cool Hardy Fruiting Banana 3 litre plants ■☻♥

Dwarf Orinoco is a medium height vigorous plant similar in stature to Rajapuri. It is a heavy bearer of thick skinned fruit of very good eating quality at about 5ft to 6ft. The exciting aspect of this plant though is its cool hardiness capable of withstanding cooler temperatures than any other fruiting banana so easier to overwinter under glass.

Musa mannii

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Indian Dwarf Banana 3 litre Plant ■☻♥

A useful short flowering musa, grown for its flower, ornamental pink fruit and foliage. The small, seedy fruit a bit like Musa velutina is inedible. Leaves have an attractive red flush and this banana is now believed to be extinct in the wild.

Musa Red Cavendish

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Ornamental Cavendishii 3 litre plants £S

An attractive Cavendishii clone with bright red stems and red leaf midribs with large paddle leaves also blotched with red, like normal Cavendishii. This may be seen in some garden centres sold as a red form of the hardy Basjoo. THIS IS INCORRECT and has no connection with Basjoo and is not at all hardy needing at least 18C in winter to survive. However a very attractive concervative plant!

Musa Paradisciaca sp

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Philippine Mountain Banana 3 litre plants

This particular banana, with quite thick leaves, is from the Philippine mountains used by the locals for wrapping food in when cooking. (Most varieties of banana leaves are bitter, imparting an unwanted taste to the cooked food). From the mountains it has proved a tough plant with us and easily over wintered in a frost free greenhouse. Very elegant tall banana with a white bloom to the reverse of the leaves.

Musa rajapuri

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Cool tolerant fruiting Banana large 3 litre plants ■☻♥

The hardiest fruiting Banana, Rajapuri, comes from high altitudes in India. If you want to give this one a go in a large conservatory protected over winter, but bedded out during the summer, we have plants available. It will tolerate our cool summers far better than other fruiting varieties and far easier to over winter under glass than Musa cavendishi, but you will need space for it to fruit! Attractive plant with a white bloom on the robust leaves and stems. The picture is one of our own plants fruiting in a polytunnel in a large pot (a mini muck bucket with holes drilled in the bottom) during winter 2005/6 .

Musa Rajapuri Variegata

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Rare Variegated Edible fruiting banana ■☻♥

Another chance to acquire a superb 2ft tall specimen of this variegated green/yellow Rajapuri banana. We only manage to release one or two a year for resale so if this is one you really want we only have the one! We grow our stock plants on to 6ft or 7ft tall and they easily produce a good sized hand of tasty fruit after 3 or 4 years in good conditions.

Musa sikkimensis

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Hardy Himalayan Banana 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ ♥

Musa sikkimensis originates from 6,000ft in the Himalayas, and is significantly larger than basjoo. Already it is proving to be more suitable than Basjoo in our tricky summer climate, more resilient to winds and continues to grow in cool weather when Basjoo almost stops. Trials over the last few years prove that it over winters outdoors successful given the same treatment. Extremely attractive with young leaves either mottled maroon or with a maroon reverse.

Musa zebrina

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Blood Banana 1 Litre Plants ■☻♥

One of the most beautiful of all ornamental bananas with red wine stained leaves. In America often used as a pool side decoration. Not hardy at all and best grown in the greenhouse or conservatory in the UK, although I have tried it successfuly as summer bedding. As you can see Zebrina is very attractive and also quite fast growing. Topping out at 4' makes it a useful specimen to keep for a longer period, say in a conservatory, without outgrowing it's welcome! This plant will need a warm greenhouse or Conservatory for successful over wintering. The Blood Banana is exotica at its best and just has to be seen to be fully appreciated!

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May be ok for a dry Conservatory ♣

Hardiness - To -5°C җ To -10°C җ җ Fully Hardy җ җ җ

Needs Shady Position ☻ Sunny Position ☻ Water Loving ♥