Banana trees are one of more than 80 species of flowering plants in the Musa genus. Bananas are huge herbaceous plants with fleshy, upright stalks from which large, oblong, bright green leaves grow.

As well as mulching to overwinter banana trees, consider removing its leaves. Or, as Evan Torchio, CEO of Tree Menders, advises, you could cut the plant right back to the ground.

Torres, pictured with two of his seven banana plants Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, says he doesn't grow the plants to harvest bananas, but to add a touch of the tropics to the neighborhood. "I think ...

There is a fertilizer specifically formulated for banana trees, one recommended NPK ratio (nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium) is 8-10-8. I did notice one in particular available locally that is 8-2-12.

Banana plant bears fruit at a weekend farm” — the unripe bananas became a small sensation. “This is visual evidence of rising temperatures on the Korean peninsula,” Oh had told the reporter.