KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have you recently or in the past taken a trip to a tropical destination and left the place thinking, “Man… I wish I could grow plants like these back home.” Well, here’s the thing, ...

Growing a banana tree is an exciting venture that offers both visual charm and delicious fruit. While most banana varieties thrive outdoors in USDA growing zones 8 to 10, certain resilient cultivars ...

Give it what it needs, and it will give back to your garden for decades.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been ...

A cold-hardy banana tree with maroon striped leaves, a snowbell tree that reblooms, and several more ever-higher-performing hydrangeas are among the most interesting new trees and shrubs hitting the ...

I wrote last time about a flowering shrub called pineapple guava, a plant that produces fruit that resemble neither pineapples nor guavas. Today I’ll talk to you about banana trees that produce fruit ...

Large, green, drape-like leaves on tall trunks make banana plants an important part of tropical New Orleans landscapes. Last winter was unusually mild, even by New Orleans standards, and many trees ...