(Banana, Hybrid Banana, Pisang Banana)

Delicious dessert bananas, the Pisang Raja AAB Group are upright, fast growing, ornamental tropical herbs (not trees) with large, flat, green leaves that produces a moderately sized but high quality cluster of fruits. Broadly speaking, these hybrid triploid bananas have a good tolerance of wind and winter chills, have historical origins in India and are widely cultivated in Malaysia and Indonesia.

As with all bananas, each stem flowers and sets fruit only once before dying. That stem, or cane,...

(Banana, Hybrid Banana, Pome Banana)

A delicious dessert banana, the Pome AAB Group of bananas are sturdy, upright, fast growing, ornamental tropical herbs (not trees) with large, flat, green leaves that grow on angling stems. The relatively small fruits are distinctly bottle-nosed in shape and have an acidy, apple-like flavor. Broadly speaking, these hybrid triploid bananas are often affected by fusarium wilt and are highly vulnerable to Sigatoka leaf spot. They are widely grown in Brazil, Cameroon, Australia, India and especially...

(Banana, Hybrid Banana, Saba Banana)

Typically starchy bananas, the Saba ABB banana group are massive-stemmed, upright, fast growing, ornamental tropical herbs (not trees) with large, flat green leaves. Hands are lined with plump, green fruits rich in starches, and are better regarded as plantains. Broadly speaking, these hybrid triploid plants are tolerant of drier soil conditions than others as well as having good resistance to the Sigatoka leaf spot diseases. They are often loved not only for their starchy fruit and foliage, but...

(Banana, Silk Banana)

Delicious dessert bananas, the Silk AAB Group includes upright, fast growing, ornamental tropical herbs (not trees) with large, flat, green leaves and fruits of a distinctive acidy, apple-like and sweet flavor. They are plump, round-tipped fruits that will have split skins once fully ripe with white flesh. Broadly speaking, these hybrid triploid bananas are readily affected by Panama disease, usually to their detriment. They are pantropically grown, only surpassed in cultivation by Cavendish AAA...

(Banana, Hairy Banana, Pink Banana)

The hairy banana’s upright clumps of big, bold green leaves are upstaged by its showy white and lavender-pink flowers and the velvety, pink fruits. This clumping, tender herbaceous perennial comes from northeastern India. Its leaves are long, oval, waxy, glossy and green with possible yellow or purple tones on their stalks. During the warm growing season, the upright flowerhead arises from the top of the stem, with bright, violet-pink bracts (petal-like leaves) around the many small, yellow and white...

(Chinese Yellow Banana)

Unique and star-like, the golden-yellow flowerhead of the Chinese yellow banana tops the thick stalk in an extended display across the warm season. Native to the montane valleys of Yunnan Province in China, it is a tender, herbaceous perennial. Its upright leaves are large, long and oval in shape, often dark green or slightly bluish green. The real flowers are small and yellow and are tucked into the creases of the large yellow bracts (petal-like leaves) atop the stem. Overall, the flowerhead looks...

(Nautilocalyx)

This genus comprises approximately 38 species which are found naturally in open, woodland areas of tropical Central America, South America and the West Indies. These tender, evergreen perennials are grown for their showy foliage and small, tubular flowers borne close to the stems. Nautilocalyx is part of the botanical family Gesneriaceae, which also includes the popular houseplants, African violets.

The bold, usually glossy, lance-shaped leaves of these plants are borne in...

(Nemesia)

The delicately fragrant flowers of Berries and Cream Sachet are soft violet-purple with white lower lips. Nemesia is a cool season tender perennial that will bloom continuously as long as temperatures do not get too hot. This vigorous cultivar was bred by Martine Tellwright at her nursery in West Sussex, United Kingdom and is noted for its well-branched, mounding to spreading habit and heavy flowering.

The leaves of this hybrid Nemesia are small, lance-shaped and medium green....

(Nemesia)

The delicately fragrant flowers of Raspberry Sachet are pretty rose-red. Nemesia is a cool season tender perennial that will bloom continuously as long as temperatures do not get too hot. This vigorous cultivar was bred by Martine Tellwright at her nursery in West Sussex, United Kingdom and is noted for its well-branched, upright to mounding habit and heavy flowering.

The leaves of this hybrid Nemesia are small, lance-shaped and medium green. When growing conditions are favorable...

(Nemesia, Sunsatia® Lemon Nemesia)

Sunsatia® Lemon continues to bloom long after most other nemesias have faded in the heat. This compact, bushy, floriferous hybrid is the product of crosses between perennial, summer-blooming nemesias and annual, winter-blooming varieties. Perennial to USDA zone 8, it is typically grown as a seasonal annual.

The golden-yellow, tubular, two-lipped blooms of Sunsatia® Lemon are borne on upright to spreading stems lined with narrow, lance-shaped leaves. Each bloom has white eye-marks and a prominent...