Growing 5 Banana Varieties In A UK Tropical Garden Hiniba, Montbeliardii, Maurelli, Sikemensis, Musa

[@RebeccaWalton-fs2qt]

The maurelli in the planter looks great!

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Awesome collection and great overview.

[@TropicalGardenUK]

Thank you 👍👍 looking forward to seeing the difference between the Maurelli and montbelliardii once they properly get going

[@richf_tropical_garden_projects]

really interested to see a spring /fall comparison of growth 🌴 jealous of the hiniba 👀🤩

[@TropicalGardenUK]

Thanks Rich! Hoping they put on some good growth over the next month or so!!

[@Yellowbellytropics]

The Beliardi looks especially brilliant.

[@TropicalGardenUK]

Reply looking forward to seeing how it develops. From the videos I’ve seen it grows taller, narrower and darker coloured leaves so should look amazing come summer!

[@Yellowbellytropics]

@@TropicalGardenUK look forward to the updates

[@TropicalGardenUK]

@@Yellowbellytropics thank you! Now the warmer weather is here hopefully it doesn’t take too long 👍

[@TropicalJungleIreland]

Interesting varieties

[@TropicalGardenUK]

Hopefully they do well this year!

[@reh6083]

where did you get the montbeliardii from?

[@TropicalGardenUK]

I managed to source it on gumtree! They seem to be a struggle to get ahold of

[@reh6083]

@@TropicalGardenUK certainly do - I'm on the market for one and a hiniba

[@TropicalGardenUK]

@@reh6083 it may be worth a look to see if he’s still selling some. He was based around London. I’ve seen a UK website post up some hinibas a couple of days ago - there’s also a guy on marketplace around Leicester selling some but collection only

[@Hilbre78]

Where did you source them from? Looking great.

[@TropicalGardenUK]

A bit of a mix I got the hiniba from marketplace in the midlands and the montbelliardii from marketplace near London

[@markstanley5349]

@@TropicalGardenUK i'm sure you got the Hinibas from myself in Leicester, they look well and filling out nicely, the small pup from the corm is a bonus!

[@TropicalGardenUK]

@@markstanley5349 Hi Mark - yes I did! Looks like they’re settling in well. Just need some decent weather. It’s been terrible here.

[@markstanley5349]

Weather is not been great here either we need plenty of heat and humidity for them

[@TropicalGardenUK]

@@markstanley5349 it’s just started hail stoning here! Not looking great haha

[@juliebrace8637]

Hi, great looking plants and garden. I over wintered my Red Banana inside and last month I slowly took it outside for over a week. Planted it in a big pot and now it's turned to mush 😢. I'm so gutted after all that hard work. Still onwards and upwards 🌴🌱🪴

[@TropicalGardenUK]

Thanks Julie 👍 oh no! Was there a lot of frost or mush before you took it outside?

[@juliebrace8637]

Hi, your garden is lovely by the way. No mush and no frost had 2 big leaves. I brought it back into the house every day for a week then introduced it under the BBQ shelter for around 2weeks then I planted it out. Today I cut off the mushy stem to soil level so I could see white. I've left it in its pot to see if anything happens going forward from today. Only started tropical gardening last year so learning lots from you guys. Thankyou for inspiring us. 🌴🌱🪴

[@TropicalGardenUK]

@@juliebrace8637 oh that’s a shame! I sounds like you took it out gradually. May be a good idea to keep an eye on how much you’re watering in spring. Just gradually increase and don’t overdo it. However you could have done everything right also and just had a bit of bad luck! Hopefully it comes back for you

[@RebeccaWalton-fs2qt]

The maurelli in the planter looks great!