where do i get banana plants from in uk?

Answer 1

Burncoose Nurseries have Musa 'basjoo' the only one that can be grown outside in the UK, but even so, you will have to wrap the plant up with straw and sacking in the autumn before the first frosts come

Answer 2

I would suggest find someone who's got one and then have them give you it's offshoots. At this time of year in the UK, banana plants tend to be producing several offsping, which if separated from the original fairly quickly will grow into a health independent plant. If you do it that way, you know that the plant you're nurturing has come from a healthy parent, rather than taking the lottery of going to a DIY chain store or a garden centre and purchasing one that may have been artificially brought on by huge amounts of additives and hours in a greenhouse that will simply wither and die the first time it's put into a home.

Answer 3

You should be able to get one at your loca plant nursery. Do you want it for inside or out. I don't know about outside, but I have a very nice one in my house which is a cutting of one in my dads house. The 'parent' is 6 foot tall and my 'baby' is 2 ft. They get no special attention - just live in the corner of the living room

Answer 4

i have one, my father in law had several one almost 8 feet tall, he takes his into a green house over winter, mine stays out, you have to tip the pot over winter so all the rain does not get inside the stalk/trunk and rot it, you can get them from b&q and several other places, try these links?
www.junglegardens.co.uk
Musa Basjoo, Sikkimensis, Velutina Ensete maurelii, glaucum, superbum or a brill site is
http://web5.crocus.co.uk/search/pl/?q=banana+plants
Chinese Yellow Banana
'Musa lasiocarpa'
Unusual yellow, globular flowers




key more info
size
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3 litre pot
£9.95
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Answer 5

you do no longer say whereabouts you're, yet there are some staggering botanic gardens everywhere in the united kingdom. There are branches of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh, a countrywide Welsh botanic backyard in Camarthenshire. There additionally are smaller, community ones everywhere in the rustic. Kew (in London) is the suitable, and their Palm homes are staggering - amazing Victorian homes with extensive hands and tropical and sub-tropical flowers and flowers. they are rather magnificent, and rather nicely worth a circulate to. Down in Cornwall, there is the Eden project, that's additionally rather staggering. attempt Googling "botanic backyard" and the section close to you - there are hundreds nicely worth seeing.

Answer 6

hi karen, interesting plant the banana. if i were you i would go to your nearest garden centre and order one from there. somehwere like burstons or aylett nurseries...they will make sure you get a good plant. and give you advise regarding how to care for it too.
good luck girl...

Answer 7

You should be able to pick them up quite cheaply at this time of the year from comprehensive garden centres . You will need to have a heated conservatory to over winter them. We tried growing one, but it didn't survive. You may be luckier if you are well sheltered from the elements.

Answer 8

I got mine (last year) from B&Q. They came in a lovely ceramic pot and were £4.99.

They did very well in my centrally heated house and even had babies! I sold them due to down-sizing, but they were doing well.

They were about 10 inches high to begin with and grew slowly, but surely.

Answer 9

Try a friend of mine at bamboouk.co.uk, you might want to ring him as well, he's a top bloke and at a cost will deliver in person any where, just about.

Answer 10

most garden centers,and b &q sometimes have them,remember to give them shelter in the cold,some are more tender then others,wrap fleece around them if in the garden,hope this helps