Yes, that's a banana tree growing in Hylton Hobday's Hampden ... That's because Hobday is what's known as a "zone-pusher." He's into growing plants that really shouldn't grow here.

In this article, you discovered deciduous and evergreen species, planting, and growing information about spectacular trees hardy to Santa Clarita’s USDA hardiness zone. Knowing which tree ...

Growth beyond these flowering shoots is from stems that angle off just behind the flowers to give an old quince tree a craggy, picturesque appearance. (Don't confuse this quince, Cydonia oblonga ...

Paw paw trees do grow nicely in our zone, though one thinks ... t like to work with this tree. It relies on flies and bugs. Or one can pollinate by hand. A quince tree grows best in the Middle ...