Right now Im growing... Ensete Maurelli (6 feet approx) Musa Saba (9 feet approx) Musa Ice Cream aka Blue Java (9 feet approx Musa Thai black (died back down and now about a foot tall) Musa Basjoo (died back down and now about 6 inches tall with many pups) Musa Bordelon (coming in the mail this week!) I have definitlely thinned down my banana collection and now only have mostly harder to find banana plants. I was a little sad to lose my veltuina during this winter, especially since it was a mild winter. It wasnt as cold hardy for me as it was for others. -Alex

Morningloree : Have been in this park for 5 1/2 yrs but have not had any temps as low as the mid thirties,..did get down to 40 once for a half hour, way back in Dec 2009. Had the bananas covered but it was enough to kill the 3 out of 4 six foot tall mango trees planted only 9 months earlier but left uncovered,..the 4th tree was fine as it was the only one I covered with a sheet. Learned a lesson that night ! The last 2 winters here have been phenomenal,..never got lower than 50 !! I am shocked to hear that someone would be so bold as to actually invade your backyard and then dig up your banana plants,..WHILE YOU GUYS WERE IN YOUR HOME !!! Unreal ! Was it at night ? What I did here soon after moving in, was to install motion detector lights outside all my outside doors, plus install a " Private Property, NoTrespasssing " sign during mango season,..Feb thru August. So far so good,..know for sure it dissuaded at least one fruit thief. lol I'll hold off till you taste that Raja Puri and get your feedback re taste, size, etc. Thanks. This post was edited by jofus on Fri, Jun 20, 14 at 10:13

I've started my first proper garden after years of living in smaller places. I'm currently growing: Cape Gooseberry (basically a weed in my garden) Pomegranate Blackberries (don't know the type) White, weeping mulberry (found on the property) Litchi / Lychee (nursery didn't label the type) Avocado (Fuerte & have been advised to get a Haas too) Apricot (Cape Early, a South African cultivar) Apple (Early Red one & looking for a tart, green pollinator/pie apple) Eureka lemon Unidentified dwarf lemon (found on property) Shaddock pomelo, red flesh Peach (Oom Sarel, a large South African cultivar) Two fruits that I'm growing, but I've never tasted before: - Miracle Fruit (3 seedlings about 20cm, under glass & one recently planted outside). I've served the pills for a party. - Pepino Got a whole of herbs, peppers and veggies too. I'm looking to replace granadilla / passion fruit and mangoes that I've grown before. I don't care for the taste of granadilla but I love the Passion flowers. I live north of Johannesburg in South Africa & it's spring time here. I want to grow some of the traditional fruit trees I grew up with, like delicious sweet Marula (sclerocarya birrea). Marula makes a small, sweet fruit that you can eat fresh when it turns yellow, can ferment into a traditional beer and leaves a hard seed with a sweet nut. Other traditional trees are Milk plum (Englerophytum magalismontanum) & Moepel (Mimusops zeyheri)...I don't know it's English name but I see it's part of the Sapoteceae genus.

Would you be interested in trading one of your banana pups for some flower bulbs? I have some mayflowering, blushing beauty tulip bulbs and some Altruist Daffodil bulbs leftover from my fall planting. These bulbs were just purchased from McClure and Zimmerman and are in great shape. Let me know if you are interested, you can email me at patknln@yahoo.com Thanks, Pat