Ensete ventricosum - Abyssinian Banana - In San Diego, CA.

I'm wondering bout the size of the bananas...

Aleyna:

It is only an ornamental...no bananas.

Very nice all the same :-)

Its a Beauty, i noticed the leave's are Serrated is this normal or is it the wind?

Youngdaisydee:

The leaves are just torn -- which is normal due to the wind.

Wow, I was totally amazed!! This is enormous!!! Blxxdy brilliant Delonix!!!

Thanks! :>)

It can grow to more than 30ft/10m here.

Just incredible!

Thanks! :>)

No way would you get a red banana to grow to this size, ours have reached over 6 ft but the leaves grow very wide and look more beautiful, less shredded.

The leaves on this plant are much larger than you can imagine (the photo doesn't show it off). The leaves tend to get shredded when they grow very tall like this one (that's pretty much on any banana). The strong, very hot, dry Santa Ana Winds do a lot of damage from fall - early spring.

Most likely this banana is dead now. Ensete only lives for about 4 years in the ground then blooms and dies.