Would this be a good way to harden the ensete off to the sun with dappled shade from the bamboo? Last year set it back about a month by sunburning every leaf :-( Only just put it out this morning http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/pault123/2012canter/20130526_092716.jpg ...

I've bought a green ensete and have since decided I havnt really got much room in the borders so have decided to pot it up, I'm going to buy a pretty big pot as required but wondering what would be the best potting mix for drainage ...

Last year I bought 100 Ensete ventricosum seed, treated them the same way as I normally do by putting them in hot water which expels air then allowing it cool down drawing water inside the seed coat. These were then popped into a ziplock ...

Any tips on how to go about pupping ensete's from the corm. I have 4 which have rotted back to corm but the corm is still firm. Should I pot them into pure perlite, or 50/50 with compost? And should I bury the whole corm or leave the top above ...

I cut the top and it doesn't look to good. The base however is firm and still shows a bit of colour. Should I cut until I see green or should I leave it as is..?
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These have been brought back from the dead, were left out planted and brought in about a month ago. Do i need to trim the old stems? or will this happen naturally.

Last year i bought 2 ensete maurelii from b and q. Basically they were left planted out then about a month ago i realised i should have protected them or bug then up etc. So just incase i could save them i dug them up, cut the tops ...

OK last year before joining this forum and not really deciding what i wanted to do with my garden i bought a few plants from b and q. I bought a Ensete Maurelli and it was label red banana, i came to the conclusion after a google search that the roots were hardy, even if the plant died so it got ...

In an email this morning from Banana.org, a new kid on the block for Ensete, ENSETE LECONGKIETII (Musaceae) – a new species from Vietnam Thứ tư, 23 Tháng 1 2013 16:03 Bộ môn Sinh Thái & Sinh Học Tiến Hóa Email In PDF. Ensete lecongkietii(Musaceae)- a new ...

A Feb 2013 update on some of my overwintering Ensete. All of those featured in this post were dug out on 25th November 2012, and stored in the conservatory. The 'Montbeliardii' and 'Maurelii' were placed bare root in tubs, while the Hiniba was place ...

hi everyone i have started this thing to show the progress of my ensete and how it grows blah blah. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fk8a3J-JPRA/UBf1x_KlVyI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dAcBkVx40Sg/s320/DSC02095.JPG it last year http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EIZBrMb5a7I/UOmlCYbzjYI/AAAAAAAAAQU/-Jk8CrrA02k/s320/garden+2013+031.JPG ...

I left my Morrisons ensete potted in my unheated greenhouse since october. Basically i decided to treat it as summer bedding after failing miserably in the past at overwintering them dry/trimmed roots. I put it on my potting bench and ...

Do I need to be concerned it has a split in the leader stem I only noticed just now?

Thanks!

I`ve recently been bargains hunting around my local garden centers , today I`ve seen a strange case , they where selling some ensete , simply called red banana maurelli , there was 3 type in display one with slim and long leaves , tipical of the montbeliardii and 2 classic shape of maurelii ...

Do I give it some water?

Tap water or bottled water?