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Description

Dramatic, fast-growing, and totally different. Musa basjoo, the Japanese Banana, boasts towering paddle-shaped leaves and bold form. This plant is a real statement-maker in any garden!

Grown for its tropical style, Musa basjoo is ideal for bringing height, movement and exotic charm to patios, courtyards and borders. Whether you tuck it into a jungle-style border or grow it in a large pot near your seating area, it immediately creates atmosphere.

Despite its exotic appearance, it's hardy down to around -6C if protected with fleece across winter. That means it can live outside all year in most gardens, bouncing back stronger each spring. The more heat and sunshine it gets, the faster it grows, so give it a sunny, sheltered spot and it'll reward you handsomely.

Even in smaller gardens, just one plant can make a huge difference. With some food and regular watering in summer, you'll see new leaves unfurling every few days.

Supplied as an established plant, roughly 30cm tall, in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.

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.
Please note, 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

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**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.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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