That's great but bananas and Amorphophallus aren't trees.


Darren Garrison wrote in message
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On 30 Jan 2004 14:48:19 GMT, (Iris Cohen) wrote:

a hardy banana plant which might grow there. The palmetto may be too
common for

Thanks for the tips, I'm probably going to pick up some of these (Musa
basjoo).

Another point to consider is that exotic trees grown outside of their
native
area have a tendency to become noxious weeds, like tamarisks, Casuarina,
Chinaberry, Meleleuca, Lantana, etc. Don't plant anything like that,

Yeah, in looking into the hardyness of Amorphophallus sp. (I wanted a
titanium, darn it) I came
across an interesting unusual vine called an "air patato". Then saw
horror stories about what it
can do to an area.