sweet Fragrant Michelia figo seed Banana Shrub
LATIN NAME: Michelia figo
COMMON NAME: Banana Shrub
The banana shrub is a handsome, compact, rounded, evergreen shrub of the warm gardens, and its fine, oval, glossy, dark-green leaves and its small, rounded, creamy-yellow to purple-margined, banana-scented flowers have made it a treasured and much-loved shrub of the warm garden. It grows as a compact, rounded, evergreen shrub, reaching up to three metres or more, with the low, dense, branching habit bearing the alternate, oval, pointed, glossy, dark-green leaves and, through the spring and the summer, the small, rounded, creamy-yellow to purple-margined, banana-scented flowers of the many fine petals, followed by the small, clustered, reddish fruits. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the magnolia family, and it is native to the warm regions of the south-eastern Asia, while it is grown as a treasured ornamental shrub, and it is known as the banana shrub.
The banana shrub belongs to the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae, and it is a species of the compact, rounded, evergreen shrub, native to the warm regions of the south-eastern Asia, while it is grown as a treasured ornamental shrub, and it is known as the banana shrub. It is prized for its small, rounded, creamy-yellow, banana-scented 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, rounded, creamy-yellow to purple-margined, banana-scented flowers have made it a treasured and much-loved shrub of the warm garden, and researchers have examined its growth, its flowering and its cultivation, while its value as a fragrant ornamental has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a shrub of the warm garden. The plant has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the fine, sweet, banana-like scent of the flowers has been of continuing interest to the chemists of the fragrance, and researchers have examined the flowers and their volatile compounds, while the study of the floral scents has been of continuing interest, and the fine, sweet scent of the banana shrub has been of value. The species has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm regions of the south-eastern Asia, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the wild have been examined, while the ecology of the magnolia family has been of continuing interest, and its fine, oval, glossy leaves have been of interest to the botanists. For a shrub of such fine 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, rounded, banana-scented flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, dense, glossy, evergreen growth gives a fine cover and a shelter to the birds through the year.
Its economic value is real. The banana shrub is prized for its fine, sweet, banana-like scent and its compact, glossy form, and its beauty has drawn attention in the international horticultural press as a shrub of the warm garden, while its fine, scented form has made it a treasured shrub of the warm garden and the fragrant border. For a grower, the banana shrub is an easy and rewarding shrub, and for a gardener of the warm places it brings a banana-scented, glossy, evergreen shrub to the garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a quick dip in warm water, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a banana-scented, glossy, evergreen shrub.
Known as the "Banana Shrub" for its delightfully sweet, banana-like floral fragrance, this Chinese member of the Magnolia family blooms all year. It is most heavily laden with 2" creamy yellow and blushed purple flowers in late winter and early spring.
