For Mushybanana..

It's a real beauty Daisydee, I wouldn't have been able to pass this one up either...!

will this come in during winter daisy or does it stay out?

lovely Dee,

ill take it in Mac, Wrap it up and keep my fingers crossed. It was only £10 so not so bad if it doesen't survive..
I know Flcrazy, How could i not buy it :) I should know my limits by now but every year im hoping for a better summer and milder winter :))
Thanks Sandra X

thats because they keep telling us we are having global warming Dee, and for some reason we believe them lol

Hahaha Sandra. Bring it on is what I say.. Im gonna finish looking at your BFs pics, I was up untill 1 30 last night and didn't finish Looking at them all .. Looking great isn't it..

They are wonderful aren't they

yes its lovely, she has always had lovely pots on old patio and always wanted it all doing, so now she is in heaven with it, im so happy for her, she`s a great friend and was always there for me especially when i had cancer,love her like a sister

Wonderful lush leaves and a lovely colour great bargain too as can be expensive...

Aww Sandra thats lovely, me and my SIL are like that,.. I read she BF done without a holiday this year to do the garden, Well Worth it, Once the holidays over theres nothing to show for it but a fading Tan, She will have this for Years :))

Yes Mac they are, If it kicks the Bucket :) ill get another one next year, its just a case of seeing how big it will grow before Autumn,..

Thanks BB, I love the Colour, found a new nursery with a better choice of Exotics, and a lot cheaper than GCs.

Good for you !

Is this the one they call Ethiopian Banana? Looks very similar!

I dont know Paul, Maybe Mushy will know..

I haven't heard of an Ethiopian Banana before but on mine the label say's Ensete Ventricosa Maurellii "Red Abyssinian Banana". I got it from Amrulee Exoctics but i have been other places and seen the same plant called different names depending where you are !
I suspect they are the same banana's just different bunch hehe.

The only Bananas I used to know were FFyfes!!!!!

OOPS! I clicked that I'd gone off the photo instead of favourites! I definitely haven't! It's stunning, but would it survive in Scotland?????

Stunning !

That is a real stunner, let me know how you get on with it, have turned the back of our garden over to jungle plants.........

I had one of these for three years. 1st winter it lived in the utility room, 2nd it stayed planted and 3rd even though it was heavily wrapped in fleece it didn't make it.

Wheres the global warming when you want it?

ive lost 2 T&T.. one fleeced in the unheated Greenhouse, and one in the border wrapped with straw, I lve this one so its going in the bedroom :)
ps global warming has the oppisite effect in England!

Is it going in the middle of the bed or on the side? lol

Hahahaha Dotty...