The edible banana is one of more than 80 species of flowering plants in the Musa genus. Bananas are huge herbaceous plants with fleshy, upright stalks from which large, oblong, bright green leaves ...

First of all, a banana plant is actually an herb, not a tree. As for fruit, bananas seldom produce fruit this far north, although a cold hardy variety may produce if conditions are perfect.

With the future of the banana industry in flux, here are eight things you didn't know about one of America's favorite snacks.

So, there is no need to cut your banana trees down to the ground. All you need to do is to trim off the damaged, unattractive foliage. Healthy new leaves will grow out of the top of the trunk.

As well as mulching to overwinter banana trees, consider removing its leaves. Or, as Evan Torchio, CEO of Tree Menders, ...

Fresh Banana Leaves — An Indigenous Approach To Science : Short Wave Dr. Jessica Hernandez's new book examines the role of displacement — Indigenous peoples like her father, who was displaced ...

A couple were astonished after Britain’s round-the-bend weather saw their banana tree producing fruit for the first time - in 20 YEARS. Nida Mordaunt, 60, brought a tiny root from a banana plant ...

Q: I have a large banana tree growing in a pot outdoors. I do not know what type it is, but I was told that it is tender and will not survive the winter. If I don't have a greenhouse, is there any ...

Wait until your banana pups show at least 20cm of stem above the ground, at which point they can be separated to make new banana plants. Take a sharp knife - a bread knife works well - a 14-19cm ...

Banana Tree to open first Welsh restaurant They will be offering dishes including katsu curry, beef rendang, pad Thai, gochujang chicken and more for all Southeast Asian food lovers.

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 ...

Fire buffers composed of irrigated banana trees could slow and calm wildfires and generate profit for residents of fire-prone regions, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. Climate change ...