What is a banana bush?
Banana shrub is an evergreen plant with unique flowers that resemble small magnolics and smell like bananas. Also known as Port Wine Magnolia, its scientific name is Michelia Figo . It is originally from China areas and is mainly used as an ornamental plant in gardens. It is a resistant plant that you take care of relatively easily. It can be maintained in various other sizes by pruning. The stems are woody and branched abundantly in several directions. The evergreen leaves have a smooth, leather texture and a dark green color that lightens yellowish green in winter. The leaves have an elongated oval shape and have about 1.5 to four inches (3.8 to 10 cm) long.
Banana shrub flowers are quite unique. They grow from the fuzzy brown bud, which is shaped as a thick cigar blooming from the end of spring to summer. Flowers resemble magnolia but are much smaller and measures only about 1.5 (3.8 cm) inch napleSix river by wax petals. The most common color is the creamy off-white sparsely lined with deep Burgundy red, but there is a variety of variety, which is an attractive shade of purple. Banana shrub flowers are a strong smell of fragrance like bananas; This fragrance is stronger in the morning and disappears in the heat of the day.
China is a native area of a banana shrub where it is often used as an evergreen hedge. It has been grown in North America since the end of the 17th century. This is considered to be a traditional evergreen shrub in many areas of the old south. It prefers a warm, mild climate with mild winters and medium humidity.
in landscapes and gardens is a banana bush of interests ornamental plant. It can be used as a hedge, either mixed with other plants or alone, or can be planted as a freestanding shrub. This can be particularly useful in shadow gardens to protect smaller plants and provide birds for birds. The plant is best in place with full sun on a partial shadow and hadAnd it would be regularly connected to the soil well -kept moist. It can be fertilized monthly if it is required and promoted using chains in warm weather.