Michelia figo seed
LATIN NAME: MICHELIA FIGO
COMMON NAME: Banana Shrub
In the gardens and the shrubberies of the warm south, the banana shrub grows as a dense, evergreen shrub with the small, glossy, dark-green leaves and the small, creamy-yellow, purple-edged flowers that open in the spring and release their rich, banana-like fragrance, the small, brown, beaked pods following. The young plant grows into a dense, tufted clump, reaching twenty metres or more. Give it full sun and deep, fertile ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The banana shrub holds a place in the studies of the magnolia family of the warm south, its banana-scented flowers and its glossy leaves keeping it in view in the work on the fragrant shrubs of the old gardens and the ornamental evergreens of the region. The research looks at the way the creamy flowers release their scent, the beaked pods split to show the red seeds, and the seed biology of the oily, short-lived seeds.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the sheltered garden and the courtyard, the banana shrub carries the glossy, evergreen leaves and the small, creamy flowers that fill the air with their banana scent in the spring. The neat, dense bush makes a fine hedge, and the plant makes the fine fragrant shrub, the evergreen hedge and the plant of the sheltered, warm garden. It is a plant for the sheltered, shaded, deep and acid place.
To grow the Banana Shrub from seed, sow the seeds at once, fresh from the ripe pods, on moist, leafy soil.
Sow the seeds at once, fresh from the ripe pods, on moist, leafy soil, and keep the young banana shrubs in the shaded, sheltered spot. The creamy flowers scent the spring.
LATIN NAME: Michelia figo
COMMON NAME: Banana Shrub
The banana shrub is a handsome, evergreen shrub of the warm regions, and its fine, glossy, dark-green leaves and its small, fragrant, creamy-white to purple-edged, many-petalled flowers have made it one of the most treasured of the fragrant shrubs of the warm garden. It establishes itself as an upright, columnar form, up to two metres. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the magnolia family, and it is native to the warm regions of the south-eastern China, while it is grown for its fragrant flowers and its fine form, and it is known as the banana shrub.
The banana shrub belongs to the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae, and it is a species of the evergreen shrub, native to the warm regions of the south-eastern China, while it is grown for its fragrant flowers and its fine form, and it is known as the banana shrub. It is prized for its small, fragrant, creamy-white to purple-edged flowers.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The banana shrub has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the horticulture, since its small, fragrant, creamy-white to purple-edged flowers and its fine, glossy, dark-green leaves have made it one of the most treasured of the fragrant shrubs, and researchers have examined its growth, its flowering and its cultivation, while its fine, fruity fragrance has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a shrub of the warm garden. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm regions of the south-eastern China, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the wild have been examined, while the ecology of the warm-forest shrubs has been of continuing interest, and its fine, glossy foliage has been of interest to the gardeners. The species has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the fragrant flowers of the magnolia family have been examined for their fine scent and their constituents, and researchers have studied the flowers and their oil, while the chemistry of the magnolia family has been of continuing interest across the world. For a shrub of such fragrance, the banana shrub has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the banana shrub is a generous shrub of the garden. Its small, fragrant, creamy-white to purple-edged flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, glossy, evergreen crown gives a fine, dense cover and a shelter to the birds through the year.
Its economic value is real. The banana shrub is treasured for its small, fragrant flowers, and its beauty has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a shrub of the warm garden, while its fine, fruity fragrance has also made it a valued shrub of the warm borders and the courtyards. For a grower, the banana shrub is a rewarding and treasured shrub, and for a gardener it brings a small, fragrant, creamy-flowered shrub to the warm garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a period of cold, damp storage in the fridge, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and theyll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a glossy, fragrant-flowered shrub.