Banana Seeds From Around the World
Banana Seed Kit ( Item # 9907 )
These banana seeds are imported from Brazil and the following kit is a
special set for banana and tropical plant lovers. The kit
contains 10 seeds of each variety (total of 60 seeds).
Musa Coccinea ( Scarlet Banana )
Beautiful plant with reddish green stems that become papery with age. 3 ft.
long, waxy, green leaves and spirals of 3/4" tubular flowers. Grows to a height
of about 5 ft. Excellent inside container plant, and makes and excellent cut
flower.
Musa Ensete ( Ethiopian Banana )
A fast growing plant that is not a true banana, but very similar. Huge ( to
20 ft. outside in warm climates ) bright olive green, paddle shaped leaves with
bright red ribs beneath.
Musa x. Paradisiaca ( Dwarf Cavendish Edible Banana )
A well known banana that produces edible bananas even in greenhouses,
provided the temperature is kept above 59 degrees. Grows to 10 ft. tall with
green, 5 ft. long leaves. Sweet yellow fruit is borne in long bunches.
Musa Rosacea ( Flowering Rose Banana )
Beautiful plant well suited to indoor use, it has dark green leaves.
Provided warmth and bright light, it will bear dazzling bracts of rose red
flowers follow by small fruits.
Musa Velutina. ( Velvet Pink Banana )
A smaller banana plant well suited for indoor use. Grows to 5 ft. tall with
3 ft. dark green leaves. Given proper warmth and light, it produces soft, hairy
pink banana fruits.
Musa Zebrina ( Striped Banana ).
Very attractive ornamental plant with large green leaves, striped with red
when mature. Good container plant, very unusual.
These seeds are sold in kit form only, not individually. Each variety is
packed separately and labeled for easy identification. A Banana sowing, and
plant raising guide comes with each kit.
9907 Banana Seed Kit $14.95
Other Banana Seeds
Seed Name: Edible Ornamental Banana Musa sapientum
An unusual type of ornamental banana that produces large, edible bananas, but
the fruit is full of large black seeds and is not raised commercially for this
reason. Can be raised in large tubs inside or zone 9 and higher outside. Inside,
it rarely grows over 6 ft. tall, but can reach 10 ft. or more outside.
Seed Packet # Z1810
Price per pack: $4.95 for 5 seeds
Darjeeling Banana Musa sikkimensis (= M. hookeri)
A rare and little known large banana species, new to cultivation, that
sports a massive pseudo-trunk to 14 feet tall and 18 inches in diameter,
tinged with red, and purple new leaves and leaf-midribs. A percentage of plants
even exhibits beautifully dark red mottled leaves. The Darjeeling Banana is hardy to cold (i.e. in the sense of Musa basjoo) coming, as it does, from
mountain forests up to 2000m (6000ft) in the Himalayas of NE-India. First trials
outdoors in the US, Britain, Germany and Switzerland have shown an excellent
resistance to cold and frost. Like all bananas, it is extremely fast growing,
given rich soil and an abundance of water. The fruits have a sweetish pulp but
are hard and contain a few large seeds. An absolute novelty that shows great
promise as an ornamental for the temperate as well as the cooler tropical
garden. This plant has more potential than any other cold tolerant Musa in cultivation.
Seed Packet #Z2450
5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95
Yunnan Banana Musa sp. "Yunnan"
These seeds originally came in as the rare Ensete wilsonii, the Snow Banana,
however, seed shape and size suggest that the seeds are not Ensete but Musa sp.
Our collector insists that the seeds were collected at very high altitude in
Chinas Yunnan province, where Ensete wilsonii usually grows up to 2700m
(9000ft). Even with its identity not cleared yet we think this could be a very
interesting cold hardy species that would probably thrive under the same
conditions as the legendary Musa basjoo and M. sikkimensis.
Seed Packet #Z2116
5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95
Cold Hardy Chinese Dwarf Banana Musella lasiocarpa
Musella lasiocarpa is an exciting banana relative that comes from high altitudes
(to frosty 2800m / 9200ft!) in the Yunnan province in China. The maximum height
of the plant is only about 1.5m / 5ft, half of which is a very stout, conical
trunk, topped by a crown of handsome, slightly glaucous, broad leaves. From
early age, the rhizome produces many suckers. The "flower", which is big and
bright yellow, appears in its second year, and grows upright at the top of the
trunk. As the inflorescence grows in size, tiny 'bananas' begin to appear under
each bract which curls back to reveal the fruits. Unfortunately inedible, the 2"
long bananas each contain dozens of small, shiny jet black seeds. The seed
requires cool stratification (abt. 5°C) but then germinates easily, and
subsequent seedling growth is as you might expect, very fast. Musella
appreciates heavy watering and feeding and a place in full sun. It will flourish
in all climates from cool tropical down to temperate, where it will be found to
be root hardy, enduring even cold winters with its underground rhizome, just
like the well known "Hardy Banana", Musa basjoo. It also makes a perfect
conservatory plant which will be a true conversation piece that certainly will
not outgrow its location.
Seed Packet #Z2093
5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95
Seed Name: Abyssinian Banana Musa Ensete
A fast growing banana-like plant that is a bit more cool tolerant than most with
huge paddle shaped bright green leaves up to 20 ft. long. Bright red midribs
underneath. White flowers inside of long, bronze-red bracts.
Seed Packet # Z2305
Price per pack: $4.95
Seed Name: Velvet Banana Musa velutina
Good container type of banana with dark green leaf blades to 3 ft. Produces
erect spikes of white flowers, followed by softly hairy, pink fruit. Good for
zone 9 and higher outside.
Seed Packet # Z2306
Price per pack: $4.95
Seed Name: Balbisiana Banana Musa balbisiana
Obscure but exciting 'new' Banana from North-east India, the Musa balbisiana is
perhaps one of the progenitors of the commercial banana. It grows at some
altitude so may tolerate cool conditions and a little frost, but its main
characteristic is its huge flower. As with others in the genus, rich soil is
required for maximum growth together with plenty of fertilizer and an adequate
supply of water. Given these and some summer warmth, it is almost dangerously
fast growing!
Seed Packet # Z2007
10 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95
Giant Nepal Banana Ensete glaucum
This exciting but little-known banana relative is also known as Musa nepalensis
and Ensete giganteum, hinting at the plants giant size. It grows in China (Yunnan
800-1100m a.s.l.), Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand and possibly also in Tibet,
Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. It has a thick, waxy and blue,
solitary trunk, huge bluish leaves up to 10ft/3m long, and a huge nodding
banana-producing inflorescence. It is extremely fast growing and so requires a
good supply of fertilizer and water and is best planted in rich soil. In cold
climates it would make an astonishing bedding plant during the Summer.
Seed Packet #Z2115
5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95
Ornamental Christmas Banana Musa sumatrana
A very striking dwarf banana that reaches a mature height of only 1,5 to 2m (5
to 7ft) with narrow leaves that are dark red below and striped with red and
green above. Subtropical to tropical. Ideal houseplant.
Seed Packet #Z1705
5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95
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