One of my dear friends from church asked my advice about growing bananas many years ago. I said yes you can because I saw a banana tree growing in the corner of the main teaching greenhouse at Ohio ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Much like the design of your home, your plant collection should also reflect your personal style. So, if ...

Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of the most destructive diseases for bananas. Professor of Phytopathology ...

What is a good fertilizer for my banana tree? My tree is three years old, but has never produced fruit. Why is this and what can I do to help it produce bananas? There is a fertilizer specifically ...

Banana stem, the edible, fibrous core of the banana plant, is quite popular in South Indian cuisine. Not only that, its juice ...

The McDonalds’ front yard in Wrightsville, with its flower beds and the river in the background, is so striking the couple regularly sees people gather there for photos. If the neighbors only knew ...

At first glance, casual gardeners almost always mistake the white bird-of-paradise for a banana plant. That’s understandable. Unlike the more common bird-of-paradise, which grows only about six feet ...

Humans are adding vitamins to their water all the time, but why should we get all the fun? There’s evidence to suggest that fortifying the water you use to feed your plants might be just as beneficial ...