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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2025
Cute plants. The only thing is that one plant arrived half way dead already. Yet, the other one came very healthy minus some diseased leaves. Also, the packaging could have been better. I repotted them the moment they arrived(which was about two-three days when I ordered!!) and the healthy plant has already unraveled a new leaf!
Skotty in Toledo
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2024
I have already reviewed these. These plants were way too small to successfully stay alive in shipment for almost 3 weeks. One has already died, a second is barely hanging on. The other 2 have new leaves starting. Plants this size belong in a nursery until they have way more than 2 leaves, no less than 6 or 8. Way too expensive for plants barely past seed stage.this company should be ashamed. I may contact them for at least a partial refund, unless the 2 living plants die as well! Then I would want a full refund.
barbw
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2019
I ordered 6 Musa Basjoo; 2 from “by Hirts Gardens”, 2 from “by GreenBox” and “2 by Day Lily Nursery” but they all came together and were all from “by GreenBox” in my order summary. Interesting! They all were packaged together and looked identical.These all arrived together nicely packaged, looking healthy, and in 4 inch pots. The plants were pretty tiny in these pots so I left them in them giving them plenty of light, warmth and moisture. I have grown these Musa Basjoo Bananas in the past. After a couple of weeks the plants did not seem to be growing and lost some of their leaves. I decided to repot them in my own potting soil and pots.I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN I TOOK THEM OUT OF THEIR ORIGINAL POTS‼!They had roots all bound together looking like they originally had been grown in tiny 3/4 inch by 1 1/2 inch plugs and the roots had not grown beyond the original plug because they were so tight and root bound. I gently tried to loosen up this tiny root ball so the roots could spread. I hope I didn’t hurt/kill them and I repotted them last night. They could grow like crazy, I hope, they are pretty tough plants, but they certainly would not have done well or died if I had not done this. I will update how they do next week with some pictures.5/30/22 Ordered four this year and they arrived today. I was so surprised at how tall they are, over 2 feet and looking very healthy in their small pots. The ones I ordered 2 years ago did exceptionally well, grew to at least 12 feet tall, but the following winter was very harsh and only a few came back but still grew tall again. Last winter I did not mulch them and even though it was a mild winter about 5 are coming back but three are coming up where I don't want them and if I try to dig them up, I might kill a very health and beautiful perennial. So I may have to kill these to save my perennial and that is why I purchased these to plant where I do want them to grow. I will mulch them this winter.
Taylor
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018
I'm picky, hard to please, and wanted a tropical look with minimal maintenance in Southern Illinois and yes our most tropical looking plant is probably corn (ya it's sad). I ordered 8 of these to plant in a mulched landscape with Japanese Maples and weeping cherries.They came shrink wrapped around the root box and all 8 looked perfect even after a USPS delivery during a very cold first part of April delivery.I had to keep them in the shipping planters - 4" plastic just as you might buy tomato plants - in a fairly bright sunshine window indoors for about 3 weeks until I could get the new mulch down for the spring/summer season.I planted all 8 expecting to lose some plants it being my first attempt at Banana planting.Not only are all 8 thriving and growing amazingly fast . They are now producing off shoots, as of today I not only have the 8 original plants that are about waist high and adding new growth and very large leaves that I can see more growth in daily. I now have 10 plants because of new plant growth from the roots of the originals.All I did was dig a roughly 10" hole, put in the plant and used Miracle Grow vegetable top soil to fill in around them.Amazing results..!I don't know if they will make it through winter at my location but I will simply cut them back and mound mulch over them. We'll see. But if none make it through the winter months, they look great now and look better every day.Simple tropical look in Southern Illinois.Purchased from Dayliliy Nursery
ferlifers
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2018
Amazing quality, had literally no stress or even damage within the entire month I've had them now and they're happily acclimated into their garden growing like crazy! Arrived in the most clever and safe packaging. The plant was propagated well, the leaf color is the proper green (which means proper nutrients), and the soil was perfect and very supportive of such a small plant with unique needs.I will say, they don't do well with clay soil or desert conditions, I think the species is a little more picky than some websites advertise (I've seen claims that this is a durable mountainous tree which would imply it had the resilience of weeds which it does NOT, I've killed a few under this impression.)These winterize in my lakeside property in zone 5b. After the first freeze I chop the stalk down to 3' and mulch the base, wrap xmas lights on it, then wrap it in burlap 3 x loosely. Make sure top of stalk is covered, try not to let the burlap touch the actual plant too much just touching the lights ideally, and don't forget to check under the snow periodically to make sure the lights are still on. You may have the whole stalk in tact, you may have to cut it to the ground, but if you do the lights and the mulch/ burlap barrier you will have a beautiful ever-expanding grove of bananas. These do better when i instantly pile snow on top in the beginning of the season, I think it protects from freeze. Also, they seem to grow back quicker when planted in a less-windy and more protected locale. The easiest way to share with friends is to make a tissue culture (easy to research).Thanks for the awesome specimens.
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