Musa velutina SEEDS

Musa velutina seeds grow into the pink velvet banana a compact, ornamental banana species producing spectacular clusters of small, bright pink, velvety fruits, native to the wet tropical biome of Assam (north-eastern India) and adjacent areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Described by H.Wendl. & Drude (Heinrich Wendland and Oscar Drude). The epithet velutina means ‘velvety’, referring to the distinctive soft, hairy surface of the pink fruit skin. Musa velutina is one of the most ornamental banana species in cultivation compact (to 1.52 m), freely fruiting, with upright (not pendulous) pink fruit clusters; the fruits split open when ripe, revealing small white to cream flesh with many hard seeds. Fruit technically edible but mostly seed. Best grown for its outstanding ornamental pink fruiting clusters. Family Musaceae.

Full sun to partial shade; moist, fertile, well-drained soils; warm tropical to subtropical conditions. More cold-tolerant than many banana species (to about 2C established); dies back in frost but may resprout from rhizome. Ornamental use very showy pink fruiting clusters.

• Velutina = velvety (hairy pink fruit skin); H.Wendl. & Drude; native NE. India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar
• Compact to 1.52 m; upright pink fruit clusters; self-peeling when ripe; edible but seedy; primarily ornamental
• More frost-tolerant than most bananas (to 2C); rhizome may resprout after frost; freely fruiting; ornamental
• Genus Musa: ~70 species; tropical Asia and Pacific; Family Musaceae; Order Zingiberales
• Full sun/partial shade; moist fertile soils; warm tropical-subtropical; more frost-tolerant; ornamental fruit clusters; Musaceae

Musa velutina the pink velvet banana is the most flamboyant of the ornamental bananas, its upright clusters of bright pink velvety fruits contrasting against broad tropical foliage to produce one of the most striking effects in the warm-climate garden, an Assamese native that delivers year-round tropical spectacle in a compact, more cold-tolerant package than most of its relatives.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.