Musa Tropicana

Dwarf Banana

A tight growing dwarf banana suitable for in-door plant decorations either grown alone as a specimen or in groups to fill large containers. The containers can be placed outside in summer but not if the temperature falls below 50F.

Contributed by @Garyg

plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Occasional watering
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
Moist and rich

plant information

Common name

Dwarf Banana

Latin name

Musa Tropicana

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Musaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

Soil

Moist and rich
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Dwarf Banana is 0.20meters x 1.50meters

0.20 M 1.50 M

Musa Tropicana

Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Can be planted from suckers taken from a mature plant into pots and re-potted twice a year until mature enough to be moved in their final container in summer to a sunny location.

Flowering Season

From Late Summer TO Early Spring

The drooping inflorescence consists of leathery bracts which enclose the hand shaped custers of 2 inch flowers which can appear all year round, but often at the end of a long summer in the UK.

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