'Skinners' Banana Shrub Michelea skinneriana - A superior form of the standard Banana Shrub. It's an outstanding evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green foliage, and famous for it's uniquely shaped yellow flowers that have a wonderful banana fragrance! 'Skinners' is a great shrub for hedging, screening, or even used as an individual specimen. It can also be shaped into a small, evergreen, multi-trunked tree. Average height is 6', but can reach 10-12' tall. Full sun or part shade. Moist, well-drained soil.

Heidi Sheesley Heidi Sheesley, owner of Treesearch Farm, and Cisco. Treesearch Farms is a premier provider of perennials, natives, unique and unusual plants for the Gulf Coast region.

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