If you're looking to add natural interest to your home, banana leaf plants are the way to go. The beautiful houseplant is defined by its large, paddle-shaped leaves that bring major visual intrigue ...

"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 ...

If you're lucky enough to live in a tropical clime, you might have experimented with growing fruit like bananas. These trees find it trickier to produce fruit in colder regions, so it's worth taking ...

There seems to be something about gardeners, some fatal flaw or linked gene that predisposes all of us to insist on growing things we just shouldn’t try to grow. If the wild type of a plant has white ...

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 ...

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 ...