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17 years ago

Hi,

Wanted to share my backyard pics for 2009

Musa Basjoo

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Maurelli Blooming

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rokal
17 years ago
Great pics. I've never seen a maurelli in bloom before! Thanks for sharing.

Rokal
tropicalzone7
17 years ago
Very nice backyard.
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jaxtropix
17 years ago
How tall is the trunk on that Maurelli? I have one and would like to know how tall it gets.
kathartis
17 years ago
Wow, that bloom is spectacular!!! Is this a special musa
banana plant? We just bought a place in Bonita Springs this past year and I have a lot to learn.. Thanks
ijnyu
Original Author
17 years ago
thanks all.

jaxtropic, i'm not good at measurements but here are more pics to put it in perspective. the plants in the left of the picture.
i want to say maybe around 10 feet?

more of my pics can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/edwin.lee/Garden#

kathartis,
the plant is called a Ensete ventricosum, or Red Abyssinian Banana.
tikigardener
17 years ago
Gorgeous. Lately I've been thinking I should move just to plant more tropicals with less hassle!

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