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 ...

One of my dear friends from church asked my advice about growing bananas many years ago. I said yes you can because I saw a banana tree growing in the corner of the main teaching greenhouse at Ohio ...

Until the 1950s. the most popular commercial banana variety in the world was the Gros Michel, which was affectionately known as “Big Mike.” Due to Panama wilt, a fungus disease, it was virtually wiped ...