Yes they are. Here are my Musa Basjoo. Got eaten a bit.

lv..are these the ones you thought didn't make it?..you have lots of leaves..these pics are a week old..

pretty tiny..this one has a new leaf since this pic..I had to cut it down 2 times because something bent it over and it was laying on the ground..that's why that one leaf is messed up..

I bought them again. The old ones didn’t make it.

that's what I thought you said..sorry :-( one of mine didn't make it and one barely did..and my biggest one is far from beautiful..your new one is so lush..when mine have changed more I'll post pics..any idea what is chewing your bananas? (and mine)..

Nichol, I’m thinking deer.

that's possible..I live within walking distance from a huge park..

I get the feelings that they tried it and didn’t like it since I saw one leaf left on the ground. Thank god!

took these pics today..

pic1..you can see the small one above the bigger one..pic2..small one..they're growing..the weird thing is the deer haven't bothered my hostas??..there's hostas right by the banana!..they had a deer hunt at the park to control overpopulation and I haven't had any problems for a few years..but something broke my banana twice..might put some tall hose guides that I have by them..

The big one is so big already. How tall do you think they’ll be before the frost hits?

maybe 3-4 ft?..if they get to 4 ft I'll be happy..did you ever see this pic of my neighbor's?..I've posted this before..but hers are 10? 12? years old..

I'm not ever expecting to achieve this..I would be very happy with half of this..

WOW, your neighbor’s banana trees look great. I didn’t know it’ll take many years for it to grow big. Here I am expecting it to be 10’ the first year lol. Is that how big your neighbor’s banana right now?

Does she still winterize them, you know?

Yes she always winterizes them..they've been large for a long time..mentioned the age so that you would know they have established roots..the last time I drove by the front of her house (we have adjacent back yards) they were 4-5 ft..that was an early fall pic..I see a few leaves and I remember thinking I should get a pic before it's too late..she has more than in this pic..they're a lot of fun..that's why I keep working at it..if I can just get them going I'll love it..

My Dwarf Cavendish hasn't grown much in height... but it has put out many new leaves since I bought it and is much thicker now.

Also, what you don't see in this pic is 3 little pups.... I already remove 6 little pups since I bought it just over a month ago. Sadly, only 1 of the 6 pups have survived and put out new growth.
Maybe it's because I've been seperating from the mother plant too soon... None of the pups I took had roots. Anyways, this one seems to have made it, it has already put out 2 new leaves and is working on the third as we speak.