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Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been cultivating their dramatic presence for thousands of years (archaeological evidence suggests humans ...

In the beautiful economy of the forest -- or the urban backyard garden -- leaves are nature’s brilliant cookware. Banana leaves can be cut down to make plates or unfurled into wrappers perfect for ...

Growing a banana tree is an exciting venture that offers both visual charm and delicious fruit. While most banana varieties thrive outdoors in USDA growing zones 8 to 10, certain resilient cultivars ...

There seems to be something about gardeners, some fatal flaw or linked gene that predisposes all of us to insist on growing things we just shouldn’t try to grow. If the wild type of a plant has white ...

Walk into any South Indian celebration — a wedding, a temple festival, a community feast — and chances are, lunch isn’t served on ceramic or steel. It arrives on a bright green banana leaf, neatly ...