Musa basjoo Winter Delights Hellebores The pale pitcher plant

The pale pitcher plant

this fern grows on both alkaline and acid soils

when it is topped with narrow bushy plumes

Schmid indicates that this form arrived in Japan from China in the 1800s

According to the late Logan Calhoun (our original seed source)

Musa basjoo Winter Delights Hellebores The pale pitcher plantRecent research has shown that Musa basjoo, the world's hardiest banana species, is actually from Sichuan, China and not Japan. This 16 20' slowly spreading species makes a thick green stem that sports 6' long, narrow, green leaves arching from the top of the solid green trunk. The flower emerges from near the top of the stem like a yellow orange torpedo. After the flowers open, you will be blessed with clusters of small, yellow, 2" long bananas.