YouGarden Red Abysinnian Banana Plant, Ensete Maurelii, Established Plant in 9cm Pot, Each Supplied Approximately 30-40cm Tall, Garden Ready

My Abyssinian palm was much better than expected. It was extremely healthy and well packaged. Arrived sooner than expected. I am absolutely delighted and will probably buy another one.

Just delivered and after a thorough inspection I have to say this Ensete Red Banana is a superb specimen. No damage, excellent condition and even the delivery man was gentle with the box whilst passing it to me!. The Ensete is only a baby as described from the seller but when they go into the ground they grow fast. I will personally pot this on until next year and let it mature a little then it will go outside in the garden with the others. I live in North Dorset in a very high place and Bananas do thrive up here but remember to fleece them up at the first sign of frosts in the Autumn. When they are to big to fleece then they are big enough to look after themselves!. I have found that growing a few together with Palms etc not only look pleasing but they create a mini micro climate together and that helps also.

Just remember to keep it warm covered for English winter

I bought this item in August. It didn’t look like the images as it was a lot smaller in the pot. But I thought I’d give it the benefit of the doubt so I planted it out to give it some time to grow and potted it up and brought it inside before there was any chance of frosts. Since then the plant has died off completely so I contacted YouGarden by phone (no email option through Amazon) and was told they would have replaced but cannot as it is not in stock. They agreed to check what they could offer me with a manager and call back, but 3 days later and I still haven’t had a call I’ve emailed this morning using the address given during the phone call and had a response saying that although the normal guarantee is 1 year, it only applies for 30 days on this plant so I won’t get anything. So that’s £16 completely wasted. I won’t be buying any further YouGarden products

what can i say , its a banana plant , well packed and arrived on time , growing well at the moment

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The banana plant arrived with damage to some of the leaves, but what can you expect with buying plants online...they're not going to be perfect after travel. I potted it and put it outside but further damage occurred in high winds! However, I've brought it inside into the sunroom and given it some TLC and it's getting stronger with new growth. It's not very red though which is a little disappointing as I was expecting more colour for when I do put it back outside in a border. Update...it recovered well, was put outside and was big and strong. I cut it back a fair bit to bring it in for the winter, it's now March and it will go out in a sheltered location when it warms up. I love it.

Lovely, healthy plant that came well packaged. Plant was bigger than anticipated and had new growth (new leaf unfurled within 2 days). Would recommend this seller and use again.