…Firmania simplex Firmania simplex Musa basjoo growing as a huge multistemmed clump. Leaves 6-8ft long. Tallest stem perhaps 18-20ft. No flowers in evidence. Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Musa…

…Jovellana sinclairii Jovellana sinclairii Musa velutina with a very peculiar flower! I have never seen anything quite like this before. Musa velutina Musa velutina Agapanthus ‘Brilliant Blue’ was another good…

…at Burncoose. Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ Bananas forming on Musa basjoo. Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Zelkova serrata with seed forming. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova…

…deciduous host. I leave you with a few pictures of exciting plant combinations: Clethra barbinervis and Stypholobium japonicum ‘Pendula’ Clethra barbinervis and Stypholobium japonicum ‘Pendula’ Musa basjoo and Romneya coulteri…

…Viburnum odoratissimum and Viburnum cinnamomifolium in leaf and flower? Viburnum cylindricum Our next crop of Musa basjoo looking particularly healthy. Musa basjoo Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ really is striking. Stachyurus…

…fill half the long bed to start the season off again in earnest. herbaceous plants The Musa basjoo (banana) has not enjoyed the recent cold. Musa basjoo A huge seedpod…

…Cotoneaster simonsii 2017 – CHW Jaimie found this banana flower in a cottage tenant’s garden near Portholland. No leaves seen by me but it must be Musa basjoo to be…