Red Banana Plant
Musa 'Ever Red'
Red Banana Plant
Musa 'Ever Red'
Musa 'Ever Red'
15cm
£0.00
Few exotics deliver drama as quickly as Musa 'Ever Red', a strikingly coloured ornamental banana grown for its enormous paddle-shaped leaves washed in deep burgundy, maroon and oxblood red. As one of the darkest selections available, this red banana plant brings instant jungle theatre to a sunny patio, courtyard or conservatory, and it has become a firm favourite with UK gardeners chasing a tropical look without leaving the British Isles.
Why grow Musa 'Ever Red'?
The appeal is all in the foliage. Each lush leaf unfurls flushed with red, intensifying to rich wine tones in strong light, while the pseudostem carries the same warm red blush. Planted as a centrepiece, this red banana tree reads as a living sculpture, and it grows fast, putting on fresh leaves through the summer to reach around 2 to 3 metres in a single season under good conditions.
This is a tender exotic rather than a fully hardy plant, so the simplest approach is to grow it in a generous container. That keeps it portable: stand it out in the warmth from late spring, then move it into a frost-free greenhouse, conservatory or bright porch from October to overwinter. Give it the brightest, most sheltered position you can, ideally full sun against a south or west facing wall, where the leaf colour develops best and the broad leaves are shielded from wind. Plant into a rich, free-draining loam-based compost with added grit, water freely and feed fortnightly through the growing season, as bananas are both hungry and thirsty. Over winter, ease off watering and let the plant rest somewhere cool but frost-free.
Reaching roughly 2 to 3 metres tall with a 1.5 to 2 metre spread, 'Ever Red' makes a superb feature specimen or the backbone of a hot, exotic planting scheme alongside cannas, colocasias and palms. If you have been searching for a red banana plant uk growers can rely on, this is a standout. Every plant we send out is nursery-grown, carefully selected and established, ready to power away the moment the warmth arrives.
