The Tidy Bananas

Apparently if you lop the top off the stems, you can tear off the growth area. Mine were rotted though so I did take those peices off.  I think the leaves come out from the central area. 

You can listen to the radio show about tropical plants at: http://radiosandysprings.com/showpages/mastergardener.php and look for February 7th.

After the show we talked about bamboo which is quite commonly grown in Georgia.  Mine is a golden bamboo and restricted between a concrete drainage channel and the concrete that surrounds the pool. It does try to run over to greet the bananas though, and I had to dig a few runners out of the ground.  I don’t want to put them into the compost, so they will join the group of plants that I leave to dehydrate and then put into bags for the city recycling crew.

Rampant Golden Bamboo - A lovely plant though