edible banana
Musa paradisiaca
USDA zones9 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size7 to 25 feet tall6 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Spreading
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow, purple
- Foliage color
- Green, purple/lavender
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Banana (Musa paradisiaca) is a fruit for containers, specimen plantings, accents, and the food garden. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows slowly, and its evergreen leaves can show green and purple tones. Birds visit it.
Pairs well with Italian Honey fig, Kumquat, and Purple Ruffles basil.
Native range
Malesia.