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Red Banana Tree – Live Tree in a 3 Gallon Pot – Ensete Ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ – 2 to 3 Feet Tall – Ornamental Fruit Bearing Tree
Original price was: $134.97.$67.49Current price is: $67.49.
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- Grown, packaged and shipped exclusively by Wekiva Foliage. This banana-like perennial has large paddle-shaped leaves, which range in color from deep claret brown to red-purple to pale green, produced from the center of the plant, with thick midribs bright red beneath.
- White flowers are borne in inflorescences 3 to 4 feet long. Fruits are banana-like but dry and unpalatable.
- Native to the tropical and subtropical forests of Africa, bananas are large herbaceous plants that die back in winter in frosty areas. Grow outdoors in rich soil in a sheltered area. Lift plants before first frost, cut back long roots, and reduce top-growth to the newest 2 or 3 leaves.
- Ensete ventricosum, commonly called Abyssinian banana or wild banana, is a huge, banana-like, evergreen perennial that is very similar to plants in the genus Musa where it once resided as Musa ensete.
- Maurelii, sometimes commonly called red Abyssinian banana, is a cultivar that is primarily distinguished from the species by its foliage that emerges with maroon-red tints and reddish leaf axils. In addition, it has a smaller growth habit, typically rising to 18-20 tall in tropical areas but to only 8-10 tall in temperate regions.
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