Let us introduce you to the banana leaf plant. Although they are commonly called banana trees, banana leaf plants (Musa spp.) ...

Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been cultivating their dramatic presence for thousands of years (archaeological evidence suggests humans ...

I saw an ad for a mail-order nursery offering several dwarf citrus plants that can be grown in containers. I would like to order some but am concerned about how successful they might be in this area.

What is a good fertilizer for my banana tree? My tree is three years old, but has never produced fruit. Why is this and what can I do to help it produce bananas? There is a fertilizer specifically ...

There seems to be something about gardeners, some fatal flaw or linked gene that predisposes all of us to insist on growing things we just shouldn’t try to grow. If the wild type of a plant has white ...

This time of year, I get a lot of questions about growing banana plants — how to prepare them for winter, how to overwinter them, and how to get them to survive long term in North Texas landscapes.

MB: It's easy to slip up and take a pratfall trying to grow banana trees indoors in the Pacific Northwest. These tropical plants need lots of water, lots of light and lots of room. They do best in a ...