These essential tips will help you grow this tropical plant indoors, even if it’s just for the lush leaves, not the fruit. If you like the look of elephant ears and monstera, consider adding a similar ...

I love growing Banana plants. They're fast growers, very low maintenance, and they create a stunning energy both when grown as a houseplant or as an outdoor plant in the garden. The longer you grow ...

PHOENIX — Are you trying to become one of the lucky few to bring a blue java banana tree home? First things first: Yes, blue bananas are real. Yes, they actually do taste like vanilla ice cream. Now ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- David Flynn lives on the hill just off the Greenbelt with a green thumb and beautiful green-leaved banana trees that are bearing fruit in Egbertville this year. Flynn says the ...

One of my dear friends from church asked my advice about growing bananas many years ago. I said yes you can because I saw a banana tree growing in the corner of the main teaching greenhouse at Ohio ...

Question: My banana trees took a beating from the recent frost as was expected and I know they will recover. Should I trim off all the frost-damaged leaves or leave them until new growth appears?

We’ve all grabbed a banana on the go and thought nothing of it. But what if this everyday fruit disappeared from grocery stores? It sounds dramatic, but it’s a real possibility: The Cavendish banana, ...

As an Indigenous child soldier caught in El Salvador’s civil war, my father found safety in a deep, reciprocal relationship with nature. In her book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes ...

A friend stopped me the other day out in front of my house as I was checking the mail box for the much desired bills that come so very regularly. We talked about the weather, etc., but the ...