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Ensete 'Maurelli'

Here is the Ensete 'Maurelli' that Bradely gave me last fall. I overwintered it in my garage and potted it to a plastic 24" specimen box this spring. Can't wait for next year. How long before it flowers and dies? Hopefully never.

Travis

The following thread was started by Travis in St Helens, OR on August 24, 2008 at 5:10 pm PST

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The above followup was added by Travis on August 24, 2008 at 5:20 pm PST.

That's a gorgeous ensete, and it looks great there on your deck!

The above followup was added by JeffB in Fairwood on August 25, 2008 at 8:01 am PST.

I love those bananas. That is a beautiful specimine you've grown. It should grow nicely well into October. I grew that banana at my parents house in Lake Oswego OR for 3 years before it got to big to dig up and store so it froze the winter of 2006-07. You will probably get one more season out of it and then it will be to big to store unless you've got a lot of storage. I would plant in the ground next spring so you can get the most growth out of it before you lose it. The trick is to have some backup Ensetes about a year apart in growth, that way you can replace the big one with a smaller one and then you aren't totally bummed when the big one dies. 3 maybe 4 years is about as long as you can keep them before they become to big to store. Down here I don't have to worry about them freezing out but I can't grow them since they are to big for my appartments deck.

The above followup was added by Eric, San Jose CA on August 25, 2008 at 8:49 am PST.