Don’t throw away banana peels. Garden experts explain how banana skins can benefit your plants, improve soil health and boost ...

Banana peels often end up in the garbage, but you can give them a second life in your garden or for your houseplants. Make ...

One of my dear friends from church asked my advice about growing bananas many years ago. I said yes you can because I saw a banana tree growing in the corner of the main teaching greenhouse at Ohio ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Much like the design of your home, your plant collection should also reflect your personal style. So, if ...

Damian and Gloria Ondo are dwarfed by the huge banana trees in their beautiful garden as they walk through with their dogs Simba and Caesar. Even though the original tree Damian started with was from ...

QUESTION: Our four banana plants were damaged by the cold winter. However, they have grown back, producing 13 new shoots. Can I transplant the new plants and keep the original four in the old spot?

The McDonalds’ front yard in Wrightsville, with its flower beds and the river in the background, is so striking the couple regularly sees people gather there for photos. If the neighbors only knew ...

Humans are adding vitamins to their water all the time, but why should we get all the fun? There’s evidence to suggest that fortifying the water you use to feed your plants might be just as beneficial ...

Few, if any, plants can rival hardy bananas (Musa basjoo) when it comes to adding a tropical flair to Northwest gardens. These exotic plants can grow to over 20 feet tall with 12-foot- long leaves.

What has to be the most tenacious summer in long memory is at last loosening its grip, and we are facing something resembling the fall. The race to unearth sweaters from the dark recesses of the ...

Researchers have developed a new technique for the use of banana plants in the production of plastic products. The project will develop new procedures to incorporate by-products from banana ...