Garden Girl TV: Cold Hardy Banana Tree

My friend, Dr. Edgar Milford, brought me two, possibly dwarf Orinoco Banana Trees, so I planted them. They are supposed to be cold hardy, so with a bit of care, I might have a banana tree! Distributed by Tubemogul.

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• hardy
• living
• moreno
• orinoco
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• sustainable
• tree

[cosnowmomma]

Everything I am reading says that they are for zone 7b and up. You sure it will live in zone 5? Does anyone know more about this banana tree?

[GardenGirltv]

It's still covered in snow! So we shall see....

[gretscher]

Nice but banana plants are not trees they are herbs because the stem does not contain wood but material similar to the leaves of the plant. She was good to show that there is a cold hardy banana but just saying it's not a tree.

[seconway05]

They are for zones 3-11.. So your in good shape. I ordered some one month ago. They cost 12.95 each and come shipped about 18" tall from a licensed grower in Florida.

[GrowSomethingGreen]

Good video

[unitedstateskingdom]

Not to be a smart ass garden girl but banana trees are not trees they are a herb the worlds biggest herb

[Bergertim]

They can survive up to -20 deg F. and can grow as far north as Minnesota.

[Fastbikkel]

Great stuff! I grow chilipeppers, herbs and cacti myself. I was just browsing around for gardening on youtube when i found this.

Keep up the good work.

[satinhooks]

@cosnowmomma

they come back really fast if they are frozen. you just cut them to the ground and they come back.

[dfarns123]

Sorry, but the Orinoco is not super cold hardy. It's a little hardier than other edible bananas, but you can't leave it unprotected in the snow and cold winter rain. I live in zone 9b and the only way an edible hardy banana will survive my winter is that it get's wrapped in "frost cloth" for 3 months, and I keep water away from it's cold roots and corm . In zone 5, you'll have to dig up the banana plant and store it under the house for the winter then replant it in the spring.

[drie79]

so, i am dying for an update! how is it doing?

[gardenlady45]

Can you make another video of your tree to show us how it did during the winter? I'm also in zone 5 close to Chicago Ill so we get some nasty winters..

[JuniPerez]

I HATE when they call them "banana trees" they're not trees... they're plants - specifically HERBS. SMH...

[atah275]

Definately the musa basjoo.....

check me out

Ottawa_hardy_tropicals

Zon5a my Musa basjoo hit 9ft