The plants I’m showing here may be very interesting. It’s a cross between the ornamental Musa sumatrana (zebrina) and a fruiting type of Banana. The hybridizer told me it produces edible bananas but do have some small seeds in the fruit. Mature height should be about 8 feet. Like most Bananas, it does sucker and the fruiting stalk is replaced by a new stalk. It has light green leaves with attractive purple splotches and maroon underside. See photos below. It’d want full sun and should be cold tolerant well into the mid-twenties F. We’re putting our 15 gallon on sale. These plants are very nicely sized with some overhead. BTW, they are near impossible to find. I have no mature photos to show you as it’s a new hybrid.
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Owner at Jungle Music Palms & Cycads
Phil Bergman runs a nursery in San Diego County, Jungle Music. He writes articles on all sorts of palm, cycad, and tropical plants.
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