Sold as plug plants and in both 9cm and 1L pots.
Please note: all of our 1L+ bananas have now been cut back for winter. Plants in 9cm pots have recently been potted up from plug plants, so leave to fully root before potting on or planting out.
A cold hardy banana native to China and Japan. Eventual height 4-5m. May produce fruit after several years, which are inedible. A suckering banana producing multiple offsets from around the base of the plant each year, forming a large clump.
Basjoo typically flower at around 4 years. The pseudostem will die, but will produce several offsets.
Care requirements: Grow in full sun or partial shade. Its large, delicate, paddle shaped leaves are prone to being shredded by strong winds, so plant in a sheltered location. Keep soil well-watered during the growing season, and regularly feed with a high nitrogen feed. Depending on location or particularly cold winters, you may wish to protect pseudostems to retain their height.
Root hardy, with stems hardy to between -2c and -5c