Cycads, Bananas and Bamboos
Cycads are also often called Sago palms. Bananas and Bamboos are not trees, but are big tropical grasses. They all have nothing to do with palms, but are as beautiful and exotic plants as palms.
Grand Nain Cavendish Banana
Musa acuminata Grand Nain Cavendish',Banana
Grand Nain (Grande Naine) Cavendish Banana Plant – High-Yield Dessert Variety
The Grand Nain (Grande Naine) Cavendish banana is one of the world's most popular dessert banana varieties. It is valued for its vigorous growth, high productivity, and delicious sweet fruit. Thanks to its relatively compact size, it is ideal for growing in gardens, greenhouses, conservatories, and large containers.
This tropical banana develops a strong pseudostem and large lush green leaves, creating an impressive exotic appearance. Under suitable growing conditions, Grand Nain produces large bunches of premium-quality bananas with a creamy texture and rich, sweet flavour. It is the variety most widely cultivated for commercial banana production worldwide.
Key Features
- Variety: Grand Nain (Grande Naine) Cavendish
- Plant type: Tropical fruit plant
- Height: Approximately 2–3 m
- Fruit: Large, sweet dessert bananas
- Suitable for: Gardens, greenhouses, conservatories and large containers
- Growth rate: Fast
Growing Conditions
Grand Nain thrives in full sun, fertile well-drained soil and regular watering during the growing season. Regular fertilisation encourages vigorous growth and abundant fruit production. In regions with cold winters, the plant should be protected from frost or overwintered indoors.
Why Choose Grand Nain?
- High-yielding banana variety
- Attractive tropical foliage
- Suitable for container growing
- Produces delicious sweet fruit under favourable conditions
- Excellent choice for tropical fruit enthusiasts and collectors
Whether you are creating a tropical garden or looking for a productive fruit plant, the Grand Nain Cavendish banana is an outstanding choice for both ornamental and edible purposes.
Availability: 48 pcs
Musa chiliocarpa
Musa chiliocarpa
Musa chiliocarpa is a rare and striking ornamental banana plant valued for its exotic appearance and large lush green leaves. It creates a true tropical atmosphere in gardens, greenhouses, and spacious patios, while its vigorous growth makes it a spectacular focal point.
Native to mountainous regions of Asia, this variety is known for its improved tolerance compared to many tropical banana species. Under suitable conditions, it develops impressive foliage and becomes a standout feature in exotic plant collections.
Musa chiliocarpa prefers sunny to partially shaded locations, high humidity, and rich well-drained soil. It is suitable for both container growing and protected outdoor planting.
Attention !!! For shipping abroad, the plants are pruned to a height of between 70 cm and 120 cm.
Availability: 20 pcs
King Sago
Cycas revoluta, King Sago from Botanical garden - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Cycads are not a true palms, they are ancient gymnospermous plants, contemporary of the dinosaurus.
A huge fallacy about the King Sago is that they are difficult and demanding plants. This fallacy is supported by the wrong growing advices, that people receive at the flower shops.
The King Sago is a very easy to grow plant. What they need is regular watering and fertilizing. During the summer they need to be moved outside to a very bright light and should get at least 2-3 hours direct sun. During the winter they should be stored in a cool place with plenty of light.
The main problems with Cycads in pot are due to low light or too little water.
More information is available on our forum:
Availability: 16 pcs
King Sago
Cycas revoluta, King Sago from Botanical garden - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Cycads are not a true palms, they are ancient gymnospermous plants, contemporary of the dinosaurus.
A huge fallacy about the King Sago is that they are difficult and demanding plants. This fallacy is supported by the wrong growing advices, that people receive at the flower shops.
The King Sago is a very easy to grow plant. What they need is regular watering and fertilizing. During the summer they need to be moved outside to a very bright light and should get at least 2-3 hours direct sun. During the winter they should be stored in a cool place with plenty of light.
The main problems with Cycads in pot are due to low light or too little water.
More information is available on our forum:
Availability: 2 pcs
Giant bamboo, Phyllostachys aureosulcata Spectabilis
Phyllostachys 'Spectabilis', Giant bamboo
This giant bamboo is one of the most cold hardy of the large bamboos and is a very popular bamboo. It could reach up to 16 m.
The Golden bamboo is cold resistant down to at least -18°C, but its rhizome could survive after at least -25°C. However, in colder areas, where temperatures regularily drop below -18°C, this bamboo could hardly get taller than 8-10 meters, after many years. In areas outside of the temperature inversions in southern Bulgaria, the Golden bamboo could reach its full potential and more than 12 meters of height.
It is important to regularily water and fertilize the bamboo. This bamboo tolerates lime soil quite well.
All photos are from our experimental filield in Assenovgrad, Bulgaria, zone 7b. We grow this bamboo there for more than 7 year
Availability: 10 pcs
Black bamboo
Black Bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra
More information is available in Bulgarian on our forum:
Availability: 18 pcs
Edible baking banana Musa Da Jiao
Edible baking banana Musa Da Jiao
Musa Dajiao
Attention !!! For shipping abroad, the plants are pruned to a height of between 70 cm and 120 cm.
This is not a palm. Bananas are a monocotyledonous family of plants (Musaceae), that are closer to the grasses and have nothing to do with palms. From a botanical point of view, these are giant grasses. They develop a strong underground root mass called rhizome.
Musa Dajiao was obtained by crossing Musa sikkimensis and Musa balbisiana. The fruits of this type of banana can be consumed fresh and used in cooking. In order for your banana to bear fruit, the stems and rhizome must be protected in winter. Depending on the climat zone you can use passive or active protection, just like palm trees.
It is recommended that the plants be planted in the spring.
As with other bananas, its leaves do not withstand cold, damage at temperatures below -2 ° C, and stems damage at -7 to -8 ° C. The rhizome can hibernate well underground if it is well insulated in severe colds.Bananas grow extremely fast. Even after full frost in winter, in just one summer they can reach between 3 and 5 meters in height, forming many stems and huge leaves.
Bananas grow very fast. Even after complete freezing of the green parts, in just a single growing season it will re-grow as a small banana forest with 3 to 5 meters of height. Of course, under the bananas the shade is thick.
More information about bananas is available on our forum:
Availability: 9 pcs
Giant golden Vivax bamboo, f. 'Aureocaulis'
Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis', Giant golden Vivax bamboo
This giant bamboo is one of the most cold hardy of the large bamboos and is a very popular bamboo. It could reach up to 16 m.
The Golden Vivax bamboo is cold resistant down to at least -18°C, but its rhizome could survive after at least -25°C. However, in colder areas, where temperatures regularily drop below -18°C, this bamboo could hardly get taller than 8-10 meters, after many years. In areas outside of the temperature inversions in southern Bulgaria, the Golden Vivax bamboo could reach its full potential and more than 12 meters of height.
It is important to regularily water and fertilize the bamboo. This bamboo tolerates lime soil quite well.
All photos are from our experimental filield in Assenovgrad, Bulgaria, zone 7b. We grow this bamboo there for more than 7 years.
More information is available in Bulgarian on our forum:
Availability: 30 pcs
King Sago
Cycas revoluta, King Sago from Botanical garden - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Cycads are not a true palms, they are ancient gymnospermous plants, contemporary of the dinosaurus.
A huge fallacy about the King Sago is that they are difficult and demanding plants. This fallacy is supported by the wrong growing advices, that people receive at the flower shops.
The King Sago is a very easy to grow plant. What they need is regular watering and fertilizing. During the summer they need to be moved outside to a very bright light and should get at least 2-3 hours direct sun. During the winter they should be stored in a cool place with plenty of light.
The main problems with Cycads in pot are due to low light or too little water.
More information is available on our forum:
Availability: 34 pcs
King Sago
Cycas revoluta, King Sago from Botanical garden - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Cycads are not a true palms, they are ancient gymnospermous plants, contemporary of the dinosaurus.
A huge fallacy about the King Sago is that they are difficult and demanding plants. This fallacy is supported by the wrong growing advices, that people receive at the flower shops.
The King Sago is a very easy to grow plant. What they need is regular watering and fertilizing. During the summer they need to be moved outside to a very bright light and should get at least 2-3 hours direct sun. During the winter they should be stored in a cool place with plenty of light.
The main problems with Cycads in pot are due to low light or too little water.
More information is available on our forum:
Availability: 30 pcs
Chinese golden lotus banana
Musella lasiocarpa, Chinese golden lotus banana
This is not a palm. Bananas are a monocotyledonous family of plants (Musaceae), that are closer to the grasses and have nothing to do with palms. From a botanical point of view, these are giant grasses. They develop a strong underground root mass called rhizome.
More information about bananas is available on our forum:
Availability: 20 pcs
Red Abyssinian Banana, 'Maurelii'
Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii', Red Abyssinian Banana
This is not a palm. Bananas are a monocotyledonous family of plants (Musaceae), that are closer to the grasses and have nothing to do with palms. From a botanical point of view, these are giant grasses. They develop a strong underground root mass called rhizome.
More information about bananas is available on our forum:
Availability: 17 pcs
Japanese hardy banana
Japanese Hardy Banana
This is not a palm. Bananas are a monocotyledonous family of plants (Musaceae), that are closer to the grasses and have nothing to do with palms. From a botanical point of view, these are giant grasses. They develop a strong underground root mass called rhizome.
Musa basjoo is world famous as the cold hardiest banana. Like any other banana, its leaves will die off at temperatures below -2°C and trunks are damaged at temperatures below -7 to -8°C. But rhizome successfully overwinters in the ground and starts a new clump next spring. According to our experience, with an elementary and simple protection the rhizome will survive an air temperature below -25°C and start a new plant in early April.
Bananas grow very fast. Even after complete freezing of the green parts, in just a single growing season it will re-grow as a small banana forest with 3 to 5 meters of height. Of course, under the bananas the shade is thick.
More information about bananas is available on our forum:
Availability: 78 pcs
