Musa Basjoo is a spectacular and flamboyant plant that offers a tropical look for climates that are nowhere near the Equator, climates like the Pacific Northwest even. It’s actually a banana tree.

The hardy banana (Musa basjoo) is a different species than the tropical bananas we're used to (Musa x paradisiaca). It still needs some extra care in our climate; hardy bananas have survived ...

Anyone who spends enough time gardening eventually gets sucked into what we call "shock gardening," that time-honored practice of growing something that just shouldn’t be there – or at least gives ...

According to a gardening expert, there are five plants that can transform your garden into a tropical paradise. Gardening is a fulfilling pastime for many, but the vast array of plant and flower ...

Early in the fall, Linda, who gardens with her husband Glenn in Langford, sent me an email with several photos: “I wanted to show you our banana plant that has produced bananas. We planted it in the ...

Why grow a banana tree in your garden? Hmm, because gardeners in Toronto can’t? No, the real reason we like to do it is that it gives the garden such a lush tropical, desert-island look. Musa basjoo ...

One green-fingered expert has shared the top five plants to transform your garden into a tropical paradise. Gardening can be an immensely satisfying pastime, tempting enthusiasts with an extensive ...

Horticulturists at a garden in Harrogate have celebrated the blooming for the first time ever of a 15ft (4.5m) banana plant. The Musa Basjoo banana plant has flowered at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. The ...

A terminal cancer sufferer has managed to grow rare Japanese bananas in his Devon back garden. Paul Edis, 54, and his wife Srey-March, 32, planted a Musa basjoo tree - which originates from Japan’s ...