Seed Packet # 2683
Dwarf Indian Banana Musa mannii
An ornamental dwarf banana from India with thin, blackish pseudostems that reach 60 to 120 cm (2 to 4 ft.) tall, and spreading leaves with red midribs. The beautiful purplish pink flowers are held upright among the leaves. Musa mannii adapts well to both tropical and warm temperate climates and will grow best in a protected spot in filtered sun or shade. A good tub plant for cooler areas.
Price per pack: $3.95
  10 seeds

2684 Monkey Fingers Banana Musa acuminata ssp. microcarpa
Indonesian origin. Grows to 20' and is famous with serious collectors because of the uniqueness of its lengthy 6' fruiting stalk which may have hundreds of small, thin finger-like bananas which may weigh 80 lb. The tart tasting fruits are not grown for consumption as much as for the novelty of the tree. Not for export.
Price per pack: $3.95
  10 seeds

2694 Asian Edible Banana Musa acuminata ssp.
A fast growing banana from Asia that makes huge bunches of edible, but seedy fruits best used for frying in our opinion. This is a really fast grower, and handles a bit of frost. Also does very well in containers.
Price per pack: $3.95
  10 seeds

2696 Red Flash Musa sikkimensis Red Flash
A beautiful ornamental banana with deep red splashes across the top of leaves, underside of young leaves are often deep maroon. You definitely need this one in your collection, adds a different touch of tropical color. Price per pack: $5.95
  10 seeds

Seed Packet # 2513
Thai Gold Banana Musa sp.
An exquisite cultivar with a highly ornamental, pale golden inflorescence. Easy and rewarding to grow like most Musa and a great cut flower too.
Price per pack: $5.95
  10 seeds

Seed Packet # 2130
Rock Banana Ensete superbum
A very rare Banana plant from the North of India and Thailand. Ensete superbum comes from the Western Ghats of India, the great chain of mountains that forms the ramparts of the Decan Plateau.
However Ensete superum or a very simular species as yet unnamed is found in the North of India and Thailand. They call it "the Rock Banana". This species should be far more cold-hardy than the Ensete superb
Ensete superbum subsp. Thailand is a magnificent ornamental!
Compared to other Ensete's the pseudostem is very short so the plant has rather the appearance of a huge nest-fern. The midrib has a red blush on the underside of the leaves. The foliage is spectacular!
Price per pack: $4.95
  10 seeds

Seed Packet # 2742
Cheeseman's Banana Musa cheesmani
A nice addition to the ornamental banana line. A vigorous, large, wild banana from Northeastern India. The pseudostems are densely clustering, dark reddish brown, with a waxy white bloom towards the leaf stalk. The leaf is bright green above with a pale midrib and grayish below with a conspicuous purple brown midrib.
Price per pack: $2.95
  5 seeds

Seed Packet # Z1810
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.
Price per pack: $4.95
  5 seeds

Seed Packet #Z2450
Darjeeling Banana Musa sikkimensis (= M. hookeri)
Wow! A rare and little known large banana species, new to cultivation, that sports a massive pseudo-trunk to 4,5m (14ft) tall and 45cm (18in.) 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 very 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. We think this plant that has more potential than any other cold tolerant Musa in cultivation at the moment.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #Z2093
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.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet # Z2305
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.
Price per pack: $4.95
  10 seeds

Seed Packet # Z2306
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 8-10 and higher outside.
Price per pack: $4.95
  10 seeds

Seed Packet # Z2007
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!
  10 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #Z2115
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.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #2049
Indian Dwarf Banana Musa laterita
A pretty, small ornamental banana native to India and Burma that is quick to grow and freely suckering. It reaches 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft.) tall, the inflorescence is upright and has bright brick red bracts. Great in pots where it will flower with ease, or outside in the subtropical or tropical garden.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $3.95

Seed Packet #2050
Thomson's Edible Banana Musa thomsonii
A subtropical species native to the Himalayas in Bhutan and northeastern India. Its pseudostems can reach a height of up to 4.5 m (15 ft.). The fruits are sweet but have seeds.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $3.95

Seed Packet #2163
Royal Sweet Banana Musa paradisiaca royalii
According to our grower in Brazil, this is one of the best seeded bananas for eating fresh. A fast grower and yeilds large "bunches". We can't wait to get feedback on this one.
  10 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $3.95

Seed Packet #Z1705
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.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #1A228
Musa sikkimensis X paradisiaca
New natural hybrid of Musa sikkimensis. Fruit is long curved , angular and acuminate at the apex. Under surface of the leaf is Pale Purple/red in colour in early stage. Very fast grower, very ornamental and somewhat frost hardy.
 10 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #1A229
Musa X sikkimensis Daj-giant
Another natural hybrid of sikkimensis form Darjeeling. The species is fast growing and robust, equally cold hardy as M. sikkinensi. Distinct character of the species is that the fruit is semi angular ,bluntly rounded at the apex. Leaf purple/radish underside at emergence. Sweet pulp with small seeds.
 10 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #2204
Giant Yunnan Banana Musa itinerans (Gigantea)
A very large and extremely fast growing wild banana from the mountain forests of southern Yunnan, China. Its reddish pseudostems can reach a diameter of more than 50 cm (20 in.) and a height of 12 m (40 ft.). The purplish fruits are popular with monkeys. Musa itinerans displays good root hardiness and will thrive under the same conditions as the legendary Musa basjoo and M. sikkimensis.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95

Seed Packet #2208
Blood Banana Musa zebrina
This ornamental banana grows to 4' and is known by its colorful leaves - green with mottling of wine color on top while the underside is maroon. Grown in filtered sunlight. Seeds are the size of a small pea.
  5 seeds per pack. Price per pack: $5.95