Bananas are a very easy topical fruiting tree to grow in the Houston Bay Area. Anyone can grow bananas. There are many fruiting kinds so look into which variety you are getting. They will freeze in the winter, so they need some maturity before they'll produce fruit. If you haven't had a freeze in a few years you should begin seeing some fruit. Once a banana stalk produces fruit it dies and won't produce. You have to wait for a new stalk to begin producing. The longer the fruit stays on the
tree the sweeter they are. If you aren't interested in the fruit, they make great
ornamentals.

Here are some varieties we carry:

Ice Cream (Blue Java) - grows to 12', tolerates short freezes, wind resistant with silver green leaves, the fruit is bluish skinned and small it tastes like vanillia
custard.

Zan Moreno - this is an extra drawf cavendish that grows to 5'-6', a slow grower
and slow to flower, is very productive with heads up to 150 lbs, the fruit is a great
creamy taste.

Raja Puri - fast growing to 8'-10' tall and 10'-15' wide, full sun, wind resistant with
a thick stem, plant is green with wide leaves up to 3' wide

Gran Nain - grows to 6'-8' tall, bears up to 50 lbs of fruit a year, wind resistant, the Chiquita Banana

Little Prince - a truly drawf banana with short wide leaves, the leaves are speckled with contrastin colors, good container plant or in beds, hardy to 30-40 degrees, sun to partial shade

Siam Ruby - grows to 8'-15' tall, hardy to 30-40 degrees f , full sun this one likes heat and sun, starts green and at about 12" starts to take on its red color, this one is a rare find.

Type: Tree

Exposure: Part to Full sun.

Care: Regular watering, good drainage, good organic fertilizer.

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