Plant the tree: Place the banana plant in the hole upright, ensuring the top of the root ball is level with or slightly above the ground. Backfill with soil, gently firming it down as you go. Water ...

What is a good fertilizer for my banana tree? My tree is three years old, but has never produced fruit. Why is this and what can I do to help it produce bananas? There is a fertilizer specifically ...

Q: About 15-20 years ago my son gave my husband a banana tree that was about 3 feet tall. It sat outside in the hot sun in the summer and in the low 20s in the winter. We live in the Tanque Verde area ...

Its leaves were a little shredded from recent winds, but it was still very much alive after what turned out to be a perfect ...

There seems to be something about gardeners, some fatal flaw or linked gene that predisposes all of us to insist on growing things we just shouldn’t try to grow. If the wild type of a plant has white ...

Originating from Asia, this shrub has colorful cup-shaped blooms and lush green leaves, giving off a banana fragrance that ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. Should I cut my banana trees back to the ground now? They look terrible ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A man fed up with a private road in poor condition near his southwest Florida business has a novel solution: plant a banana tree in a pothole to warn motorists away. Last week, ...

A three-meter tall banana tree in Ha Tinh Province has produced a two-meter bunch with over 350 hands. Dam Thi Loan, a resident in Son Hong Commune, Huong Son District, said her family had to use ...

A banana plant bought on a whim from Lidl ten years ago for 99p is now a 15-foot tree bearing fruit. Mike Grant picked up the young plant and stuck it in his garden but didn't expect it to survive the ...