Would it be suitable to cultivate a banana plant in suburban London? I have been looking at several varieties of banana plant on this page:

http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/SeedOrd...arget=d32.html

I particularly like the one with the bright red flowers! Unfortunately my last banana plant which i tried to grow got infested with these little annoying white bugs, around a millimetre big while i was away on holiday!