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title: "Gran Nain Banana Tree (Grand Nain) Live Plant - Musa acuminata - Wellspring Gardens - Easy to Grow Starter Plants Great for Nature Lovers & Gardeners - Outdoor Planting in Home, Garden, Patio & Yard"
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# Full sun exposure 3-8 inches tall GMO free Gran Nain Banana Tree (Grand Nain) Live Plant - Musa acuminata - Wellspring Gardens - Easy to Grow Starter Plants Great for Nature Lovers & Gardeners - Outdoor Planting in Home, Garden, Patio & Yard

**Brand:** wellspring gardens
**Price:** 45999CFA
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌴 Grow Your Own Tropical Oasis!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Gran Nain Banana Tree (Grand Nain) Live Plant - Musa acuminata - Wellspring Gardens - Easy to Grow Starter Plants Great for Nature Lovers & Gardeners - Outdoor Planting in Home, Garden, Patio & Yard by wellspring gardens
- **How much does it cost?** 45999CFA with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- wellspring gardens enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted wellspring gardens brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Easy to Grow:** Perfect for both seasoned gardeners and beginners alike.
- • **Taste the Difference:** Experience the superior flavor of the Grand Nain banana, favored by Chiquita.
- • **Transform Your Space:** Turn your garden into a tropical paradise with vibrant greenery.
- • **Sustainable Gardening:** Embrace eco-friendly gardening with GMO-free plants.
- • **Versatile Landscaping:** Create stunning focal points or provide shade with lush banana leaves.

## Overview

The Gran Nain Banana Tree (Musa acuminata) from Wellspring Gardens is a vibrant live plant that thrives outdoors, perfect for transforming your garden, patio, or yard into a tropical paradise. Ranging from 3-8 inches tall and cultivated for outdoor environments, this GMO-free banana plant offers a superior taste recognized by Chiquita. Ideal for gardeners of all levels, it provides endless landscaping possibilities while promoting sustainable gardening practices.

## Description

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## Features

- VIBRANT LIVE BANANA PLANT: Introducing the Wellspring Gardens Live Banana Plant, a perfect addition to your outdoor garden. Each plant ranges from 3-8 inches tall and comes in a 3-inch-deep pot, ensuring a healthy start for your banana tree.
- THRIVING OUTDOOR PLANTING: These live banana plants are specifically cultivated for outdoor environments. Transform your patio, garden, or yard into a tropical paradise with this stunning and easy-to-grow starter plant.
- GRAN NAIN BANANA TREE: Chiquita Banana recognizes the superior taste of the Grand Nain cultivar, which is why it is used extensively in their production. Delight in its delectable flavor that sets it apart from the rest. Indulge in the rich, satisfying taste that will leave your taste buds craving more.
- ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES: Whether you're a seasoned gardener or a beginner, these live banana plants offer endless possibilities. Use them to create focal points, provide shade, or simply enjoy the beauty of their solid green leaves making it an attractive option for landscaping.
- EXPAND YOUR GREEN THUMB: Cultivating live plants outdoors is a rewarding experience, and these live banana plants from Wellspring Gardens are the perfect starting point. Embrace the joy of gardening and watch your banana tree flourish in your own backyard.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Product Care Instructions | Water |
| Material Features | GMO Free |
| Color | Green |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Number of Pieces | 1 |
| Soil Type | Sandy Soil |
| Moisture Needs | Moderate Watering |
| Sunlight Exposure | Full Sun |
| Indoor Outdoor Usage | Outdoor |

## Product Details

- **Indoor/Outdoor Usage:** Outdoor
- **Brand:** Wellspring Gardens
- **Material Feature:** GMO Free
- **Color:** Green
- **Sunlight Exposure:** Full Sun
- **Unit Count:** 1.0 Count
- **Product Care Instructions:** Water
- **Expected Plant Height:** 10 Feet
- **Soil Type:** Sandy Soil
- **Moisture Needs:** Moderate Watering

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: how tall does the plant grow**
A: Mine didn't grow at all died right away and they didn't return my money

**Q: How long after I buy this plant can I expect consistent fruit?**
A: It took about 2 years from the time the little plant was received fromAmazon. Bananas only produce fruit once and then they die, but each plant produces “pups” (suckers) which will replace the mother plant.

**Q: I have a plantain grove behind my house- does the blue java have to be planted far from that? Will the Blues be tainted by the plantains?**
A: No Ice cream is a hybrid and won’t be fertilized by the plantain

**Q: Does the fruit really taste like ice cream?**
A: Is this the type of banana plant that I can move indoors and Outdoors I get really good light and I have a growing lamp that I use in the winter I live in North Carolina so we get all four seasons but right now and for the last couple of summers are humidity has been that of the tropics or like living in Florida so I want to know is this particular the ice cream been in a plant is that good for that type of environment

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As promised.  Very very satisfied.
*by J***S on May 14, 2020*

Plants were well-packaged, with masking-taped moist dirt, and arrived in very good condition. Box said Live Plants in big letters on outside. Trees came 8" tall with three leaves each. Trees have been growing one new leaf every week, and are now up to five leaves each. I would buy from this seller again.Note that these banana leaves seem to be naturally tiger-striped maroon over green. At first I thought they were suffering from fertilizer burn, but after they've grown large, it's clear that the purple-brown patches are on purpose. Obviously so they can hide in the jungle, and not be seen.Would like to see a YouTube on how to plant banana trees properly. Apparently they eat lots of fertilizer.We put two bags of manure cut into the ground under each.Update 1: In tropical Florida, both plants have grown from 8" to 3' tall so far in about 5 months. They are strapping ridiculously healthy. We get hot, baking sun and punishing rainstorms, and they just eat it up. Very very satisfied. I would buy from this vendor again.Update 2: Seven months later, and both plants are 7' tall now. One of them is sending out sword suckers already, its babies are only 6" tall, we're going to wait until the suckers are 2' tall then cut them out and replant them, have a forest of banana trees, woohoo. The banana is apparently a grass, like a bamboo, with a rhizome, and it just grows obscenely fast. They're distantly related to both canna lilies and ginger. The secret seems to be to bury them with enough cow manure fertilizer to kill any ordinary plant, again we cut one entire bag into the sand in a 2.5' hole underneath each shoot, then poured another entire bag into a Valley Forge fort ring about 3' diameter on top of the soil around each planting, to keep rainwater in and give it extras for grow power. Then sometimes we throw dead banana-peel wrappers at the ground in front of it, to encourage it to think about potassium. Hurricane-level watering helps as well, as does baking sun. The one with more sun is taller. These guys are my favorite pets now. Still waiting for the fruit. They really require tropical conditions, it seems.Update 3, Oct '21 We had a cold snap last December, 40 deg F, and lost the 2/3 of the leaves. But the plants kept going. A year an a half later, one is 10' high and one is 8', and they've decided to fruit.The banana bunches are about 3' long and there's about 120 bananas on each tree. But they're all going to come ripe at once. So only around 20 will be useful; maybe the rest can go to a food kitchen. So far each banana is 5" long, you have to wait patiently for them to grow. Did I mention the heavy fertilizer. The trees keep throwing off suckers. I have cut off and replanted two suckers this spring, and now they are 4' and 3' tall, also ridiculously healthy. Wait until the sucker is close to 2' tall, then carefully dig down around it and cut it off from the main tree. A carpenter's reciprocating saw works wonders, and it turns out that it will vibrate and cut through the sand underneath the root. If you don't mind trashing your blade. Of course, only cut off one sucker at a time, so the main tree has time to gather its strength and re-grow. The suckers come back, and I now have two more suckers on each main tree.Apparently it's recommended that you cut the big purple "Eat Me" heart off the end of the bloom-stalk after you get about 100 bananas, as it will keep trying to throw off mini-bananas 1" long, and absorb energy that could be used to make the first bananas fatter.Apparently the main tree is scheduled to die back down to the root after it fruits once, at the end of its second year. So leave at least one replacement sucker for each tree. These are currently 3' tall.These things eat up punishing sun that scorches most other plants. They continue to be ridonculously healthy, not eaten by beetles, aphids, nor fungus. Definitely a warm-weather plant. Very very happy. This is one of the best things I've bought from Amazon in the last 5 years.Edit 2024: We have had bad luck in Central Florida, with a cold-snap coming below freezing one day a year in January. Which kills the banana fruit that sets in the fall, before it gets big enough to eat. But this year one of the plants finally set in the spring. And now in July we have a bunch of about 80 Chiquita bananas that are full-sized, dark green, and getting ready to be ripe. Woo hoo! And each of the originals--with leaves to 10' tall--continues to throw off multiple slow runners, making a small forest that will guarantee replacements when the main shoots die off. The SawsAll is best for taking down a shoot after it dies off and turns completely brown.The 2 tiny pups that got replanted two years ago have not taken off yet, they are only 5' tall. Different location, under an oak tree--maybe they are not getting enough sun. But they are throwing off their own pups slowly as well. At some point there will be a hedge of banana trees on that side.All from two 9" purchases. Central Florida FTW. This continues to be one of the most delightful purchases I've ever made.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Arrived In Good Condition Here
*by C***Z on April 22, 2018*

4-21-18I heard about the Ice Cream Banana through a YT video and searched to see if anyone local had 1 for sale, to no avail. I looked on Ebay & Amazon, and I wasn't thrilled about the choices on Ebay. I also wasn't thrilled about the reviews on Amazon though. Some of the prices were ridiculously high at the time too. This seller, Wellspring Gardens, had some of the better reviews, but not the greatest either. I kept in mind that not everyone has a "green thumb", so I should keep an open mind. I placed the item in my 'email me when available list', as it was out of stock at the time. I waited close to a year before purchasing too, even when it came in stock, just because I was hesitant about the seller.I had a notification about the plant decreasing in price and being in stock, which is when I jumped on it. I purchased it March 28th. It's now been about 2 weeks since I received it and planted it temporarily on my windowsill in a quart sized clear cup (so I can see the moisture level). I couldn't transplant it directly outside because we were still getting snow, ice, and frost most mornings. It's also not good to directly transplant a small plant into full sun without getting it acclimated little by little (also called hardening off).I'm in 7a or 6b growing zone here, and not sure if I'll permanently transplant it outside yet because of our brutal winters. Although, there are many people who have banana plants directly planted on their lawns and gardens here and around me, but I'm not sure of their varieties. It very well could be that some are hardier than others.My plant pup came in great condition and packaged quite well. It did come with the "banana fuel" fertilizer, however, I did not use it yet when I planted it in the quart cup. Seeing as it wasn't quite growing season here yet, and this is usually the time to feed plants. I instead used an all purpose organic fertilizer, which is a very slow release. I trust it over other brands, to not 'burn' delicate roots and small plants/seedlings. I have new growth coming in as of the last 2 days, so it seems to be doing good so far. I have only given 4 stars so far, as to give the plant time to mature a little, and this allows me, I think, to give a more accurate review as I update its progress.I bought this from the seller "Wellspring Gardens" & shipped by them, which I feel is important to list this info. I've come across sellers with variances in their items, including knockoffs, even if listed as same brand. I'll post an update with a durability review.***UPDATE***6-14-18 It's been a little over 2 months since I received my plant. I must say, this was a good purchase. I will have to modify the star rating to 5, instead of 4, because I was truly sent a healthy plant. If anything were to change at this point, it would be my fault or on my end (pest, weather, etc).I will admit, even though I consider myself a somewhat seasoned gardener, I did have to play with this plant's requirements.... mainly the watering. What I found is this plant really enjoys thorough waterings and not quite dry in between. We had so much rain in our part of the country, with May having most of its days with precipitation. April was not quite as bad, but surely had inches with each downpour, which is not exactly normal here. I had to add a drain hole to keep my plant from drowning. When I added the drain hole, I raised it about an inch from the bottom. I use this trick to help keep a reservoir of water for my water loving plants and this also keeps them from drowning or remaining soggy and prone to root rot.I took more photos today, as I noticed the great root growth in my clear container. I decided to transplant so it would not become rootbound, but this also became a good photo opportunity for the update. By the way, I have yet to use the Banana Fuel that was included and at this point I think I misplaced it. I just used some more of my slow release organic fertilizer, along with some Azomite dust, at this time of transplant. I know bananas generally grow fast, so hopefully this will aid in health or nutrition for its growth spurt season. So I will end in saying, I highly recommend this plant... from THIS seller.***UPDATE***7-24-18Mostly to update on the exponential growth since the last update about 4 times the size and the root is even poking out at the bottom. I'm amazed, as it's only a few days passed 1 month ago, I transplanted it. I posted 2 more photos, and it looks like I'll have to transplant yet again! Lol.

### ⭐ I must have got the only bad one
*by A***R on June 4, 2025*

Broke, unhealthy, too tiny to support its on weight. Looked newly grafted. no signs of being red leaf like their photo of what to expect. I am embarrassed to have paid this much.

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