Musa ‘Siam Ruby’
Musa 'Siam Ruby' is a dramatic and hardy banana with large green and burgundy striped foliage.
Musa ‘Siam Ruby’ is a highly ornamental and hardy banana prized for its fabulous colourful foliage and compact habit. Both stems and foliage sport dark maroon-red with leaves also sporting spots and streaks of contrasting chartreuse green. Growth habit is 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Not a culinary banana, this cultivar rarely flowers and fruits are inedible. If flowers form, they are cream coloured, tubular in shape with cream and purple bracts. After a cold frost, cut back the plant to 24 to 36 inches and treat like a herbaceous perennial by applying a protective layer of mulch if planted in ground. Provide a frost-free area if in containers. Use for a stunning, tropical and architectural statement.
Common Name: Hardy Banana
Family: Musaceae (The Banana Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8-10
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 6-10'
Width: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Foliage Colour: Burgundy/Red/Purple, Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
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Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
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Fragrance: No
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Montane forests up to 2000 m.
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