Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been cultivating their dramatic ...

Bring a tropical flair to your home with these easy-growing plants Reviewed by Barbara Gillette Banana trees are one of more ...

Banana trees are a common feature in New Orleans-area landscapes. They are primarily grown for the tropical look they bring with their enormous leaves waving in the summer breezes. In addition to ...

Damian and Gloria Ondo are dwarfed by the huge banana trees in their beautiful garden as they walk through with their dogs Simba and Caesar. Even though the original tree Damian started with was from ...

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 ...

In the beautiful economy of the forest -- or the urban backyard garden -- leaves are nature’s brilliant cookware. Banana leaves can be cut down to make plates or unfurled into wrappers perfect for ...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — When you think of Steelton, in Dauphin County, you think of steel and steelmaking. You think of the Steel-High Rollers. You do not, however, think of a 15-foot-high banana ...

As an Indigenous child soldier caught in El Salvador’s civil war, my father found safety in a deep, reciprocal relationship with nature. In her book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes ...