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Banana tree of Japan

Musa

Banana tree of Japan, Musa

Family:

Origin:

China

Period of flowering:

summer

Color of the flowers:

white-yellow

Exhibition:

full sun, with the shelter of the wind which tears its foliage

Type of ground:

rich person in humus, drained well

Acidity of the ground:

neutral

Moisture of the ground:

normal

Use:

vat, veranda, insulated, massive

Height:

from 4 to

Type of plant:

long-lived decorative

Type of vegetation:

long-lived

Type of foliage:

persisting, null and void apart from the areas with the soft climate

Rusticity:

for a foot installed well. The leaves disappear under 0°C. Protect the trunk formed by the leaves in winter.

Plantation, repotting:

spring

Method of multiplication:

sowing, splitting of the rejections on Musa

Cut:

-

Interesting species, varieties:

The kind understands 40 species
- Musa , the standard species is most current
- Musa X , is the banana tree which one cultivates for his fruits

Diseases and harmful insects:

cochineals, plant louses

Toxicity:

 
not very edible fruits, latex

One meets some more and more in our gardens. It is true that they are prettier negotiable instrument isolated on a lawn thanks to their original foliage. They give an exotic key and invite to the voyage….

The Banana tree of Japan is most rustic of the kind, and it is possible to consider its plantation a little everywhere in France, provided that one protects the foot by a good mulching in the coldest areas. Under the 0°C the foliage will disappear and the feather-grass will resist more or less according to the roughness of the winter. The important thing is to protect the to make it possible the foot to start again. Apart from the areas with the soft climate, you will hardly be likely to obtain fruits!

Very regularly bring manure of manure and water during the hottest days, you will then be impressed by the speed of its growth which goes until producing a leaf per week.

Did you know?

  • The banana tree of Japan was formerly cultivated in China and in Japan for its fibers which were extracted from the feather-grass for the industry of the textile.

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