Mine mature well in Portland. I did have a variety that ripened in December here instead of November. Then we got to 15 in late November. No fruit off that plant that year. I agree with Larry Gene: Seattle-not enough sun, OR-WA coast not enough sun. Even in Portland, it better be in full sun. In ground better than in pot. I hand pollinate to get a lot of fruit. Since I transplanted a mature plant, not much fruit. I'm going to try to grow another seedling off of my fruit. FLowers are beautiful and very yummy. Native bird in Brazil eats the flowers, which don't affect pollination. Then it's tail feathers pollinate the fruit. John S PDX OR

I was looking for an answer about where to locate my new musa rajapuri purchased today at the Festival of Flowers in Mobile, one of the Festival plant selections they recommend for our zone 8b. The man did not know if it made edible bananas, so I was searching to find out on this forum. I'm figuring that it will make some edible fruits? lac1361 z9a LA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 11, 08 at 8:25 ericjwi, Raja Puri should do well for you in Houston in the ground. Choose a spot with lots of sun and protected from frost; like up against your house with a southern exposure. Steve Based on this information, I'm putting my new guy just outside the kitchen window on the south side of my house. Next to the heat pump condensate drain, should keep it moist.

I live in Utah zone 6b - 7a fluctuations. Last winter I grew a 6 inch tall tiny 'Prague' chimera citrus outdoors in-ground in a micro climate next to the south wall of my house. Temperatures dropped as low as 15 F. This tree was heavily mulched with wood chips and caged in poultry wire with a plastic tarp wrapped around it. From December 20 to Jan 15 I surrounded the cage with old milk jugs that were repeatedly warmed in the micro-wave around midnight any-time temperatures dropped below 20F. Not only did the 'Prague' tree survive the winter without defoliation but the citrus has tripled in size this year of 2022. Additionally I grew a 2 foot tall 'Nippon' orange-quat with the same procedure and the Nippon pushed out beautiful new growth last spring and is fruiting for me this year although it suffered some defoliation and 1/3 of the old leaves look damaged. I was able to harvest some fruit from 'Nippon' last December and successfully germinated a dozen seeds. Additionally both of these trees have survived summer temperatures up to 107F. The Nippon suffered some scorch in the most exposed leaves. I intend to continue growing 'Prague' and 'Nippon' citrus tree in the ground and espalier them against my home each winter as they mature. Due to my recent success I intend to also try a very cold hardy tangerine hybrid the same way. All of these citrus are grafted to Poncirus 'Flying Dragon' root stock. Good Luck Howard! Most of the folks bragging about growing a citrus tree in a cold zone are from zone 8 so I think growing citrus in the ground outdoors in zone 6or 7 takes effort and is something to be proud of. Keep trying! You will figure something out.

Olympia, WA zone 8a This is a Yuzu that was unprotected that at one point was completely buried in snow. The Yuzu is only a few feet away from the South facing side of the house, so certainly that helped. I did at one point cover the small plant with a brown paper bag with a warm gallon container of water in there when it was forecasted to get down to 12 degrees (F). I don't think it ever got down quite that low in the yard, but I measured 24F that night at 3am in the morning. (The temperature was supposed to drop and reach its low at 6:30 am) The paper bag blew off the next day. Some of those leaves at the bottom of the Yuzu look like they'll still be able to survive. Dunstan citrumelo picture taken just now, early March Look at how green those leaves still are! It looks like it could start growing. Check my latitude here. You'll find the location is just a tiny bit further North than Quebec City, Canada, or Duluth, Minnesota. But the Winter temperatures are relatively mild in the Pacific Northwest, because of winds blowing in moist air from the ocean.