The important thing to remember about growing banana trees is that they usually grow in hot, sunny environments – ideally ...

Botanist Carl Linnaeus gave bananas the scientific name Musa from the Arabic word for banana, muz or musa. Or mauz. They ...

Thanks to the marvel of technology, experts have found ways to extract protein from some pretty bizarre ingredients.

The Banana Tree, a botanical shop in Easton’s West Ward that specializes in tropical plants, is expanding, blossoming and ...

The largest fruit native to North America is one you won't find in supermarkets, but you can find it growing wild if you live ...

Namwa bananas in Hawaii. The banana plant, which falls under the genus Musa, is not a tree but an enormous herb. It was first domesticated in Papua New Guinea around 7,000 years ago.Credit ...

One subspecies, the Pacific banana slug, can grow up to 9 inches long, making it the second-largest slug in the world. The banana slug is often bright yellow, though it can be brown, white ...

Palm trees are grandly distinguished herbaceous trees, but require specialized maintenance, and accommodation for their ...

EASTON, Pa. - Things got a little nutty over in Hackett Park, quite literally in fact. It was all for Hazelnut Festival. Buy Fresh Buy Local, Plant Magic, Easton Garden Works, the Banana Tree, ...

“Consuming one or two bananas a day may be fine, but eating a banana and another fruit, plus a wide variety of plant-based foods can help to provide various types of fiber and essential vitamins ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - When Kyle Townsend and Mitchell Gunther decided to start an orchard in this town just east of Niagara Falls ...