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
| Blooming Seasons |
- Autumn flowers
- Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
- Winter flowers
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| Flower colors |
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| Climate |
- Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Tropics Climate
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| Leaf color |
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| Ornamental parts |
- Ornamental fruit
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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| Plant growing speed |
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| Plant life-form |
- Evergreen
- Herbaceous
- Perennial plant
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| Plant Uses |
- Colored leaves
- Ornamental plants
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| Planting Season |
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
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| Plants sun exposure |
- Full sun Plants
- Part shade Plants
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| Watering plants |
- Big amount of water
- Regularly water
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| Hardiness zone |
- Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 12
- Hardiness zone 13
- Hardiness zone 9
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