Musa Darjeeling Giant Yellow/Gold Flowering Plants Climbing aster was known for

Climbing aster was known for years as Aster carolinianus

I was walking by our large specimen of Punica 'Nochi Shibari' one summer when I noticed a huge branch that was sporting solid double orange flowers instead of the typical white and orange

forming a 2' tall x 4' wide woody-stemmed clump in our full sun rock garden

If you grow this near a male aucuba

Musa Darjeeling Giant Yellow/Gold Flowering Plants Climbing aster was known for(aka: Musa 'Daj giant') We purchased these seeds from India as a naturally occurring giant hardy hybrid banana from India's Darjeeling Hills region, whose mama was the winter hardy Musa sikkimensis, but whose baby daddy was unknown. We've had these in the garden since 2007, where they have achieved a height of 18'. Musa 'Darjeeling Giant' has nice red purple leaf backs as the new foliage emerges. The thick green trunks are coated with a white wax