Musa basjoo - Japanese Banana

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Key Features

  • This fantastic architectural banana plant will create a great impact in any garden! (Does not produce fruit!)
  • Fan like leaves spreading out through the air will create wonderful shadows on your patio
  • Hailing from Japan, it loves sunshine but it is hardy to -6C when protected - perfect for the UK climate!
  • Brilliant if planted into a large pot it will create a real tropical feel to your garden
  • Supplied as an established plant, approx. 30cm tall in a 9cm pot, ready to plant
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Description

This fantastic architectural Banana Plant will make a real impact on any garden! Forming a dense bush with huge paddle-like leaves that spread gloriously through the air, creating wonderful shadows on the patio. Once established, the big leaves unfurl as they emerge from the central trunk, and within 3-4 years you will see leaves at least 1m long, many even longer!

Hailing from Japan, it loves sunshine but is actually hardy down to -6°C when protected with fleece across winter - remember, this plant is frost tender outside and will not survive freezing conditions without protection. This Japanese Hardy Banana even thrives when planted in a large pot, promoting a feel of the tropics in your garden.

Supplied as an established plant, roughly 30cm tall in a 9cm pot, although can be dispatched slightly larger, as they grow rapidally as temperatures warm.

Please note - this Banana Plant will not produce edible produce when grown in the UK. Although a close cousin to commercial bananas, the fruit will not grow in UK climates.

Top Tips
Over time, your banana will produce small offsets at the base. These can either be left to form a clump or separated off and grown on.
Care Information

Planting Advice for Banana Musa basjoo:

  • When growing outdoors, choose a site that is sheltered from the wind both for winter protection and also to prevent leaves being shredded.
  • Plant in late spring, in a well-drained soil, that has been enriched with plenty of organic matter.
  • Once plants are established, water and feed generously through the summer as they are greedy feeders.
  • Musa basjoo, can be left in situ over winter, although we do recommend that plants are wrapped to protect from cold weather.
  • If this is not an option for you, then they can be grown in a large pot and moved under cover after the first frost has blackened the leaves.

When growing bananas in containers:

  • Grow in a soil-based compost with extra grit added to improve drainage.
  • Container-grown plants need ample watering during spring and summer months plus a weekly feed during the spring and summer with a general-purpose liquid feed, or a controlled-release fertiliser.
  • In autumn, over winter plants in a frost-free greenhouse or conservatory and reduce watering and feeding - watering only when on the dry side in winter.

Aftercare Advice for your Hardy Banana Musa:

  • Pot on in spring either once a year, or every other year. Increase pot size by 5-7.5cm initially then once established in 30cm pots, increase size by 10-15cm every two to three years.
  • Pleasenote, in winter the leaves will die back and turn brown, but will re-grow the following spring, so don't panic!

Pruning Advice for Japanese Banana

  • Little pruning is needed. Just cut away old leaves near their base and, when wrapping up plants outdoors for winter, some stems may need to be cut back.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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