If you're looking to add some vibrancy and interest to your indoor plant collection, there's a lot to love about including some tropical trees. One such plant you may never have considered as a ...

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If you're lucky enough to live in a tropical clime, you might have experimented with growing fruit like bananas. These trees find it trickier to produce fruit in colder regions, so it's worth taking ...

Banana trees are a common feature in New Orleans area landscapes. They are primarily grown for the tropical look they bring with their enormous leaves waving in the summer breezes. SUSAN POAG / THE ...

I’m so excited. My banana tree made bananas this year! Do I need to do anything at this point other than just let them turn yellow? When should they ripen? — Douglas Bergeron The flowers of bananas ...

Math teacher-turned-landscaper Oh Young-rock shows the bananas growing on a tree he has nurtured in north Seoul for a decade. "It's hard to just be happy about it, considering that it's a sign of ...

A friend stopped me the other day out in front of my house as I was checking the mail box for the much desired bills that come so very regularly. We talked about the weather, etc., but the ...