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Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southeast Asia. Musa acuminata is an evergreen perennial, not a tree. The trunk (known as the pseudostem) is made of tightly packed layers of leaf sheaths emerging from completely or partially buried corms. The inflorescence grows horizontally or obliquely from the trunk. The individual flowers are white to yellowish-white in colour and are negatively geotropic (that is, growing upwards and away from the ground). Both male and female flowers are present in a single inflorescence. Female flowers are located near the base (and develop into fruit), and the male flowers located at the tipmost top-shaped bud in between leathery bracts. The fruit borne are edible and the plant has a tropical appearance. This dwarf variety makes a great houseplant but do keep in mind that they can also reach up to 2m in height and as they are fast growing it will ultimately need to be planted outdoors.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring

This form of Musa itinerans was discovered in India. It likes shade and grows to 10 metres tall. It has a red or purple pseudostem and on the upper side deep green leaves with a dark red midrib. The red colour runs into the leaves, in the juvenile stage the leaf undersides are also purple red. The fruit are not considered to be edible and it is grown for its ornamental tropical appearance.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring

Musa ochracea is a plant in the banana and plantain family native to tropical Asia (in India). This very rare and hard to obtain seed produces a plant perfect for use in the landscape for their ornamental appeal. This variety was not commonly known until the late 1950's. Green to yellow green narrow trunks grow about 3 meters if grown as a specimen plant outdoors and about 1-2m as a potted plant. Long, slender green leaves are graced by intense yellow - brown flower bracts followed by seeded fruit.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring

Musa yunnanensis, commonly known as either Yunnan banana or wild forest banana, is a recently described plant in the banana and plantain family native to Yunnan in southern China. Although M. yunnanesis grows in montane tropical forest, it is both shade and frost tolerant, and sensitive to direct sunlight, and so is essentially an understory plant. Individuals typically reach about 5?–?5.25 meters in height at maturation. Bark on pseudostems is coated in wax that is white with a bluish cast. The upper surface of the leaves are also bluish, though their undersides are red hued. M. yunnanensis has value to local wildlife; its summer fruits are consumed by birds, bats, and possibly elephants. It is not considered to be edible for human consumption.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring