How to grow Ensete ventricosum growing and care:
Frost free (can survive some frost but better without)
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
Yes
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Aggressive
Planting season:
Spring, summer
Pests and diseases:
Worms
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
Dead leaves, and after the fruits
Size of the plant?
1-5 m, 3-15 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
In tropical all year round in subtropical and mediterranean spring – summer
General information about the flower
Flowers inflorescence color pink with bracts, female flowers shape looks like little fruits
Scientific name:
Ensete ventricosum
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Spring Planting, Summer planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Tropics Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Evergreen, Herbaceous, Perennial plant
Plant Uses: Colored leaves, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Big amount of water, Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 12, Hardiness zone 13, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts: Ornamental fruit, Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant
Leaf color: Red leaves
Blooming season: Autumn flowers, Spring flowers, Summer flowers, Winter flowers
Flower colors: Pink flower
Harvest Season:
Edible Parts:
Culinary uses: