Glory Hanging Banana Plant
Cut the sucker from the main banana plant with a sharp shovel.
Hanging banana plant. FREE Shipping by Amazon. The string of bananas plants propagate readily from both the stems and the banana-shaped leaves. Only take suckers from vigorous banana plants.
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Smaller suckers will take longer to fruit and the first banana bunch will be smaller. If plants are happy the tendrils can reach 6 or more feet long so be sure to give them plenty of vertical space to trail. Banana Tree Care.
Soon after fruiting the stalk dies and the next year a new stalk grows from the corm. String Of Bananas are sold in 3 4 6 pots. In the flowering season a cluster of flowers can be found in the stalk that remains covered with purplish bracts.
As the fruiting season arrives banana fruits grow in a hanging cluster which is termed as a bunch. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. Those trails can reach 6 long.
And when it really starts to grow and branch off you can take cuttings. Mine outdoors year round but you can grow it as a houseplant too. Depending on the variety banana plants grow anywhere from just 6-foot-tall dwarfs to 20 feet and can survive in a chilly US.