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 ...

Some of you look at the tattered brown leaves of your banana in December and long for banana pudding made with your own bananas. Some of you long for the day when all you had to do was whack your ...

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 ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...