Dwarf Orinoco in Flower, Zone 6b
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Comments (10)here ya go ga. 7b-8 depends on what map you look at.. plants that are going in greenhouse are app. 5-6' tall which are possibly going to fruit, if they fruit i'll keep them in buckets like the Dwarf Orinoco (pic below)and keep my fingers crossed. love these buckets as they're short and big around, this will help keep it from being top heavy. notice all leaves have been cut off except growing leaf. these leaves will yellow and die off after plant has been pulled, take a bit but will start to grow again in gh.. Dwarf Orinoco i've already pulled pups and potted up in 3 gal containers. these pups are about 12-14" with corm formed, they'll go to gh. plants that have fruit haven't been touched, as the bunches will be cut down before first frost to ripen inside. the ones that are expected to fruit in gh, pups are being cut down even with soil line.. this should give you a great big corm on pup next year.. mainly to help it fruit and ripen quicker. my tall fruiters will be dug up and all leaves are cut except growing leaf then stored under house. i don't cover, water or bother during winter . i do keep them off ground, they're stacked on top of old tires and one heat vent from house heating .. example of what you can get in 2 years growing tall plant, carries 5 bunches app. 7-9 fruits per hand. Tall Orinoco ? pic below has one d.o. in back middle with fruit, bunches will be cut before frost, to house to ripen. two 5' pups in front will be seperated and put into big wash pans like above and placed in gh for winter. the smaller pups will be potted up and put in gh. gh will only be kept just above freezing and will dip below at times, for short periods. gh is kinda like a moist zone 9 winter without the frost.. d.o. carried fruit last year to ripen this spring.....See MoreBanana flower zone 6
Comments (14)Gardenguy, I live in Z6A. Last year I brought my Dwarf Cavendish and Basjoo into my coolish garage and they died in Feb. I don't know if it was lack of light or if it was the temp. Anyway, how do you do it? I just left them in their containers. Is that wrong? I left a basjoo in the ground the year before and it didn't survive. I'm determined. Roxanne Roxanne, the 2 types of bananas that you have listed are notoriously hard to overwinter. The basjoo should be left outside and and kind of cavendish tends to bite the dust. The key to overwintering bananas unpotted (because of the huge size) is cool temps and no light. I had a basjoo one year, left it in the ground protected and it survived stem and all. I've never stored a cavendish, but I have brought them inside, potted in the window and they wilt terribly. The other 2, including the banana that fruited above, (dwarf orinoco) is excellent when it comes to winter storage. Dig up the plant, trim off leaves except the unfurled one (that one gives it a head start in the spring) and store in the darkest, coolest location. I do not water mine when storing in this fashion. I just lay em down and that's it. The Ice Cream banana is also a good winter storage banana. I had a basjoo that I tried with overwintering storage and it died. The stem was all mush. I trimmed the stem off and put the corm in the ground and was lucky I got one pup from it. I'll give you some tips for Basjoo in ground storage for the winter. This is for saving not only the corm (root ball), but the stem as well. Basjoo storage. After the first frost, cut off ALL leaves till all you have is a pole. Get some tires, some towels or old bedsheets. Towels can be better at absorbing moisture. Get some mulch, as in wood mulch. No artificially colored mulch. Finally get a plastic sheet. Large enough to cover everything. After trimming the basjoo of the leaves, wrap the stem with the towels and clip the towels so that they stay on the stem. Get the empty tires and place one, then fill with mulch. Get another tire, lay it on top of the previous tire, fill with mulch. Repeat this step till you come to the top of the stalk. Finally cover this all with a plastic sheet. Make sure the sheet covers the stacked tires completely. You do not want any moisture from rain or snow getting in thru the tires. Some of the folks here spray their stalks with some kind of antifungal spray. It helps, but I've never done that. You could also substitute the tires with an empty plastic barrel. Just make sure to place something heavy on the plastic barrel and it wouldn't hurt to use plastic. When it comes to overwintering basjoos outside, the most common mistake I've seen is people using leaves and a plastic bag. It cold climates, this rarely works and you're likely to be left with a mushy stalk. Keep in mind, all this work is for saving the stalk so that you have a bigger banana stalk to start with next spring. Ordinarily, basjoos should survive the winter unprotected, but you will lose the stalk in cold climates and will have to start over again next spring with tiny pups. In slightly warmer climates, basjoo stalks will survive the winter....See MoreLandscape Help for a Ranch Home in Zone 6B
Comments (5)If you have a chance to move the Alaskan cedar, do it now. It's going to get very large and outgrow the space you have it in sooner rather than later. That's a specimen tree, should be planted where it can spread out and where you can view it and enjoy it's beauty. Google its mature size so you know what you will be looking at and how much space it needs, and find a nice spot for it. If you want something weepy and evergreen by the house, get a DWARF conifer. Catmint and iris perfect for by the house, would look good together. There are also many pretty blue perennial salvias that are pretty and bloom later in the season. Agastache, vervain, delphiniums, bellflower, you have room for a nice blue themed perennial garden . . . if you move the misplaced cedar. As for the bowling balls, check their mature size too. I wouldn't put something behind them, rather something around them, maybe some creeping phlox, I dunno, they are probably going to fill that space so widen the bed and the phlox could go in front....See MoreCurb appeal Landscaping Zone 6b Rural Maryland - Mountains
Comments (9)Most kalmia - Mt. Laurel - will easily exceed 3-4 feet (10-25 feet is common). Even the dwarfs can grow larger. If your soil is adequately acidic enough to grow kalmias, then I might look at dwarf pieris. Certainly shade tolerant, will flower in spring, have very colorful new growth and come in variegated forms as well. Should stay within the 4' limit without any need to prune....See Moremiketropic
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