Banana trees are a common feature in New Orleans area landscapes. They are primarily grown for the tropical look they bring with their enormous leaves waving in the summer breezes. SUSAN POAG / THE ...

The scientific name for banana is musa sapientum, which means “fruit of the wise men”. Banana plant is a perennial herb that grows from a bulk of rhizome. The fruit grows in large hanging bunches ...

One of my dear friends from church asked my advice about growing bananas many years ago. I said yes you can because I saw a banana tree growing in the corner of the main teaching greenhouse at Ohio ...