Height: 10-15 feet
Spread: 6-10 feet
Hardiness Zones: 8-11
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Banana Plant Ice Cream is a large perennial with a very tropical look long broad leaves, huge burgundy flowers and very tasty fruit. This is one of the larger banana trees boasting a stout trunk, robust root system and leaves that can reach 18 feet tall. It produces clusters of blue green fruit, smaller than commercial varieties, with white flesh. As the name implies this banana tastes like ice cream and many believe it to be the tastiest of the backyard bananas.