I did extensive research online and there are many banana experts who regard Pisang Ceylon as the top best tasting variety out of all the different bananas, although several other varieties come very close. If you are a beginner just starting out and reading this, don't think you have to get Pisang Ceylon; there are many other banana varieties that taste just fine. This is a variety for banana connoisseurs. Combines excellent flavor and creamy texture with those tropical floral aromas that are completely lacking in standard supermarket bananas.

Maybe at some point you will get fruit but There are many better candidates heres a coldhardy list from bananas,org Name USDA_Hardiness_Estimate Texas Star 7.0 Amistad 7.5 Carolina King 7.5 Golden Rhinohorn 7.5 1000 Fingers 8.0 Dwarf Orinoco 8.0 Orinoco 8.0 California Gold 8.5 Cardaba 8.5 Double 8.5 Dwarf Brazilian 8.5 Dwarf Puerto Rican 8.5 Ebun Musak 8.5 French Horn 8.5 Giant Plantain 8.5 Goldfinger 8.5 Gran Nain 8.5 High Color Mini 8.5 Ice Cream 8.5 Kalela 8.5 Lady Finger 8.5 Mahoi 8.5 Mauritius 8.5 Mona Lisa 8.5 Monkey Fingers 8.5 Mysore 8.5 Pisang Ceylon 8.5 Pitogo 8.5 Rajapuri 8.5 Saba 8.5 1780 hybrid 9.0 African Rhino Horn 9.0 Argentino 9.0 Belle 9.0 Brazilian 9.0 Dwarf Cavendish 9.0 Dwarf Namwa 9.0 Dwarf Thai 9.0 FHIA-18 9.0 FHIA-20 9.0 FHIA-21 Plantain 9.0 FHIA-23 9.0 Green Red 9.0 Hua Moa 9.0 Iholena 9.0 Kandrian 9.0 Misi Luki of Samoa 9.0 Pace 9.0 Popoulu kaia 9.0 Red Iholene 9.0 Red Jewel 9.0 Sweetheart 9.0 Tuu Gia 9.0 White Iholena 9.0 Williams Hybrid 9.0 Zan Moreno 9.0 Ae Ae 9.5 Dwarf French 9.5 Ele Ele 9.5 Enano Nautia 9.5 FHIA-17 9.5 Golden Beauty 9.5 Manzano 9.5 Namwa 9.5 Pisang Buai 9.5 Praying Hands 9.5 Sumatrana X Gran Nain 9.5 Super Plantain 9.5 Tall Red 9.5 Valery 9.5 Kaulau 10.0 Kofi 10.0 Pisang Klutuk 10.0 Cavendish (banana) 10.5 Cocos 11.0 Dwarf Gros Michel 11.0 Dwarf Red 11.0 Gros Michel 11.0 Jamaican Red 11.0 Kappa Pazham 11.0 Pisang Tandok 11.0 Rose 11.0 Karat 12.0 Kru 12.0 Latundan 12.0 Nino 12.0 Utafun 12.0 __________________

That's in good shape. Thanks for the pic, please keep me posted!! Here's the other in the ground which lost all it's leaves. If it had been bigger I'm sure it would have done better. Basjoo full of green with it's new leaf coming up( these two planted same time, 4 -5 feet apart) you can see the difference!

I don't have Ceylong- but we just went all Dec- Now with nothing colder than 37f and my clump has three separate bunches on three stems. If that's happening up here,it should be a banner year in sunny soucal for even the most tender Banana plants. I have relatives from Miami and they always say "I thought it was too cold here to grow that"..and that's the unique California ways. Until you try a tropical,I wouldn't rule out what's possible. Just live with slower,smaller. Better than not having that particular plant.