Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger'

banana

size: 2 litre pot

available to order from summer 2012

£14.99

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• Position: full sun to partial shade
• Soil: fertile, moist but well-drained soil
• Rate of growth:fast
• Flowering period: July to September
• Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)

  
  From the monsoonal mountain forests in extreme Eastern India, this colourful variegated, variety of banana is as cold-tolerant as the regular Musa sikkimensis. When they are mature, its huge, paddle-like leaves are streaked with dark purple zebra stripes on the upper surface and a reddish purple below. In summer, mature plants bear long-lasting, yellow flowers.
  

• Garden care: Though the root is fairly hardy the foliage does need to be protected with a mulch of fleece and straw in autumn.
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 2m
  • Eventual Spread: 2m
  Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger' - banana Dramatic, striped leaves