Banana Plants

How to Grow and Care for Banana Plants

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There’s more to the banana than meets the eye. These tropical fruit trees hail from Asia and Africa, and come in lots of colors and different sizes. What’s more, they are remarkably adaptable and can be grown seasonally in the flower bed, or inside in a pot. Learn how to grow your own in this guide. Read more now.

How to Overwinter Banana Plants

A close up picture of a bunch of small, ripe, yellow banana fruit on the tree, with the bright green leaves in soft focus in the background in light sunshine.

Banana plants add a dramatic and splashy punch of the tropics to the landscape, but they will succumb to winter’s wrath if they’re not properly cared for. In this article, our experts share several ways to safely overwinter these (mostly) cold-intolerant plants so they are happy and healthy when warmer weather returns.