Gardeners who enjoy the bold foliage and exotic presence of banana plants often face a familiar challenge as temperatures drop. These striking additions to the landscape bring a touch of the tropics, ...

Understanding what a banana tree is remains key to knowing how many times a banana tree bears fruit. We peel into this complicated question.

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Turn banana peels into a simple, natural feed for your plants. Bananas are probably one of those fruits whose peels rarely make it past the kitchen bin. But if you have a few plants at home, there is ...

Banana trees are a common feature in New Orleans-area landscapes. They are primarily grown for the tropical look they bring with their enormous leaves waving in the summer breezes. In addition to ...

For most banana growers in sub-Saharan Africa, the source of their new plants is Du Roi Laboratory, a tissue culture laboratory that guarantees virus-free banana and sugarcane plants. To obtain an ...