Musa ‘Chini Champa’
Musa 'Chini Champa' is an edible and ornamental, cold tolerant banana with red flowers and small delicious fruit.
Musa ‘Chini Champa’ is a favoured banana for its sweet tasting fruit and fresh aroma. Chini means sugar, and Champa means fragrance of magnolia flowers. Cold-hardy as well if handled with care and planted in a protected situation. The plants can reach up to 10 feet or more with new shoots displaying a red colouration gradually maturing to a deep brown. New leaves have a red tinge on the back. Midribs are a dull red. The flowers are a pinky-purple. The fruit is small, sharply curved, yellow when ripe with a thin peel, creamy pulp and a sub-acid taste with seeds. Young plants appreciate partial shade. Provide moist well-drained soil with heat, sun and humidity. Very pretty and fun to grow.
Common Name: Bhutan Banana - [Citrus Pre-Order]
Family: Musaceae (The Banana Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 10-15'
Width: 8-10'
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: Yellow
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Light woodland and at forest margins
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