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Banana Plant
Musa acuminata
Banana Plant is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 10-11, that matures to about 12-20 ft × 6-10 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. It blooms in cream and yellow. It grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 12-20 ft × 6-10 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Cream, Yellow
- Native to
- Southeast Asia, Australia, eastern Africa
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