Bob Lauf's suggestion of eucomis as a garden plant is exciting but impractical. Last winter was mild enough but also rather wet. And I have a clay soil laced with assorted sizes of shale, like a plum pudding. I think the wet would be more of an issue than the winter temperature. That said, Musa basjoo does winter over. I offer the caveat that they are against the house, each culm is cut back and covered with a leaf filled tub, then a few feet of leaves over the tubs corralled with fencing and topped with plywood covers for the winter. I'll do it for bananas - don't want to lift and store. The the eucomis are manageable in pots. First image, bananas ready to be cut back after summer . First of three plywood covers in place -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…