Some More New Acquisitions

Nice new additions, Cameron.
I'd be interested in how you keep your Tillandsia...I ended up taping it to the top of a piece of Mexican pottery where it lived for a couple of years, then died.
Saw some at the nursery that were glue-gunned to driftwood.

Will have a look at Hawaiian Botanicals site.

Looking forward to more of your updates.
Barb

Nice!
I'll try Tillandsia. Not too hard to find for sale down here.
I've given up on Musella (or is it now Ensete?) lasiocarpa. I can over winter it with a lot of effort,but it never flowers and does not grow well for me. Canna is much more rewarding in my climate. Looking forward to seeing yours thrive!
Erik

Thanks!

I think I remember some people in the Niagara region, Kentucky, Ohio, etc overwintering Spanish Moss outside. I plan on dividing the clump into 3: trying one part on a M. virginiana, one part on a pine tree, and bringing one part indoors! 😆

As far as the Musella/Ensente/Constantly changing species of banana goes, it will be my first experience with bananas outdoors. We will see if it survives the winter 😆

For me, it is much harder to over winter than Musa basjoo.
I never thought of Tilandsia outdoors in winter-- I just assumed it had to come in. 😳

Just a though Cameron but at this point in the season
maybe a large pot for the Lasiocarpa would do it...
this way you don't have to disturb it in a few months-

Either way,mine dug up easy and did just fine inside-
very easy to care for.

Jim,
have you tried overwintering M/E lasiocarpa in ground? It seems nearly as hardy as Canna, so a possibility. --Erik

Thanks for the advice! 😀

Nice Cameron!

At the pet store I recieved an order of these where the box was 4x4 feet FULL of different types. The biggest weight 2 pounds, and was bigger then a football. As long as you keep them drier, theyll be ok. They decline super quick of you dont mist them (inside, ive never tried em outside)

Im going to have to agree with Jim when he suggests a pot for the Musella. ITll give it less stress, and a good root system for planting next year. Im assuming your going to try to over winter it, so the extra root growth over the winter should make it explode next year!!!! From what ive heard they do great in pots!

Eric - 25C this morning for ya? Not to bad concidering how hot its been there!

Jim,
have you tried overwintering M/E lasiocarpa in ground? It seems nearly as hardy as Canna, so a possibility. --Erik

No Eric

Trying to get mine to bloom but it has a
**** load of pups so maybe next year!

Excellent!
I've only seen photos of blooms but they do look great. Here's hoping.

Jim,
have you tried overwintering M/E lasiocarpa in ground? It seems nearly as hardy as Canna, so a possibility. --Erik

This year I overwinter musella lasiocarpa in the ground in Markham, On. We had -25 celsius.
I had no additional heat, just covered it with lots of leaves and an upside down huge flower pot (what I did I actually filled the flower pot with tree leaves, and then I turned it upside down on top of the plant). On top of that I added some more leaves in garbage bags and some rocks.
All the ml leaves died down to the ground, but it came back quite strong in the spring. Meanwhile with the same protection my musa basjooo died.

Tavi

Beautiful Banana Cameron!!

😀

Tavi,
great report--like the detail.
Does your Ml ever flower?
Also, for comparison, do you overwinter Canna in the ground? --Erik

This is the third year I had the musella. First year in a pot and inside for the winter, second year in the ground and this year first year after the winter outside. It has a lot of pups but it never flowered (I think it needs a longer warm season for that).
this is a picture from last year:

and this is some info from bananas.org:

http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musella_Lasiocarpa
I'm thinking of digging it out next winter and store it in the garage. This way I can separate some pups before I put it back in the ground.