Post #783484 by Prikli Pear on Sun, Jan 28, 2018 8:32 PM

I'm straddling boundary of Zone 8b and 9a. Some bananas are more cold-tolerant than others. With the aid of frost blankets and some Christmas lights they survived 16F a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the same can't be said of a bunch of fruit that had set back in September. They started turning black, so that was that. The plant survived, but I cut it down since bananas only fruit once. Bananas haven't been an issue as far as mosquitoes go--that's a whole other story. They were really bad around here until I chopped out all the Lady Banks roses and Carolina jasmine that were giving them shelter. I've also got some Bird of Paradise and plumeria in the ground that've survived winter thus far. I just have to make sure to pay attention to the weather forecast. Next year will be more of a challenge once they're bigger, but so far, so good. :)