Looks Great! How is the Bamboo doing? Did the cold affect it at all?

Steve

Thanks Steve,
Yes the new growth went mushy,but it looks like it's going to recover again with some more new growth.

Don - how many banana plants do you have? Do you keep them going all winter or do you dig them out and store them. I tried to overwinter some bananas this winter, dug them out and stored them in my basement and they dried out, I hope the corm is still good and can grow, we'll see. Keep up the good work.

Lets see,I kept about 10 or so bananas potted up,from 3 ft size up to 6ft of trunkI hardly watered them at all thru the winter months,but misted the leaves.
If I store them with no soil.I keep a sheet of plastic under them to help maintain some moisture,but too much they rot and turn mushy.this is with them lying on there side,if I could find away to hang them upside down,I'd try that,so they excess moisture could run out!!

Don Looks like Florida north in your yard. Do you get any comments from your neighbors? The one banana plant in the far left of your first photo looks like ensente ventricosum? Show us an update in a month I bet it will look like the jungle.
John

John,
Those 2 are Ensete Maurelli,red vareity.I have 3 more which are only a couple feet tall,and I have a 8ft Rajapuri,it didn't make it in the picture,plus a Orinocco,6ft or more,which will get close to 15 ft by the end of summer!!!
Once temps get into the 80's and 90's things will really start to grow,we just had a inch rain so things should take off!
My basjoos,have yet to emerge yet but will get 10 ft or more by fall.
Will post lots of pictures of how things are growing.

Don, love it! Man that pic could be anywhere Florida, Malaysia...but Kansas !!! Congratulations.

Those are so tall already, what do you do when they put on 5 feet of growth every year. What's your maximum size for winter storage? It'd be a shame to cut them lower.

Hope the latest blast of bad weather missed you and our other Kansas friends!
Barb

Hi Barb,
Anytrhing over 8 to 10ft has to lay down on it's side,some may have to stand at a 45* angle as well.

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Couple morning glories are blooming now.

Here'e the yellow hardy I'm told hereMexican yellow bird of paradise.
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Red Mandelville in bloom.

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Great pics, Don.

Will have to see pics in the fall how you overwinter a 45-degree angle banana that's 10 feet tall!

Man are things coming alive. You'll be going through there with a machete by summer ! 😆

The only thing missing 🙂 is a big net over the whole yard, and Spike flyin' around yakking away. That would be awesome.
Barb

That mandevilla flower is breathtaking...
the morning glory looks so good against the palms and house.

Never heard of a Mexican Bird of Paradise? is that the small leafed plant? or maybe I read it wrong.
Barb

Look here.
Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii or Poinciana pulcherrima) - An fast-growing shrub with fine feathery foliage, it blooms yellow or red/orange almost all summer long. Grows to 10 feet tall. Needs very little water after it is established. Also known as the Mexican Bird of Paradise. Mexican bird of paradise blooming.JPG (150922 bytes)

www.hotgardens.net/Mexican_bird_of_paradise_b...

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