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Price: $12.00 Sale Price: No Price Availability: This product is back-ordered;WILL BE AVAILABLE MAY 2012 Prod. Code: M980

HARDY GOLDEN LOTUS  BANANA     - MUSELLA LASIOCARPA

FLOWERING LASTS 6-9 MONTHS !!!!!!!!!!!! SPECTACULAR  LARGE  GOLDEN  LOTUS YELLOW FLOWER - CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  A FLOWER EVEN WITHOUT LEAVES !!

VERY FAST GROWER

FOLIAGE HAS BLUEISH HUE - REALLY STUNNING SPECIMEN.

THIS  RARE DWARF BANANA ORIGINATES FROM  SW. YUNNAN WHERE IT GROWS  IN THE MOUNTAINS UP TO  7000FT ALTITUDE. 

IT IS A NATURAL DWARF, REACHING  4- 6 FT. IT WILL THRIVE  IN AREAS OF DISTINCT WINTER SEASON  AS WELL AS  WARMER CLIMATE. 

COLD HARDINESS:  TO ZONE 7 - WITH WINTER PROTECTION EVEN  TO ZONE 6.

LIGHT REQUIREMENT: FULL SUN, BRIGHT SHADE, SEMI- SHADE

WATER  REQUIREMENT: MEDIUM  ( NEEDS LESS WATER THAN OTHER BANANAS)

PLANT CURRENTLY IN 4" POT, MIN. 8" TALL FROM SOIL LINE .

CARE SHEET INCLUDED

 ONE OF THE SACRED FLOWERS OF BUDDHISM. IT REPRESENTS THE EMBODIMENT OF CHARM AND KINDNESS.