Dwarf Rhapis palms (Rhapis excelsa) and a few other palms can be used in bonsai.

http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2001/bonsai.htm

David R. Hershey




(Iris Cohen) wrote in message ...
I want to know if it can be grown as a Banzai.

The spelling is bonsai. With very few exceptions, only dicots (Magnoliopsida)
among the flowering plants can be used for bonsai. I have a pygmy date palm
which is called a bonsai by courtesy, because a true date palm is 100 feet tall
and a full size Phoenix roebelenii in a mall is 50 feet tall. It grows one to
three trunks & is in a 10 inch pot. Every other year or so I repot it & hack
off most of the roots. At least a palm has a somewhat woody trunk. A banana is
an herbaceous plant. Some species are smaller than others, but not bonsai
material. Can't you find something else?

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
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