Banana Plants
Lacatan Banana
Musa 'Lacatan'
$6.50each
No Tax
Sold in multiples of 6 —
6, 12, 18 and so on.
$39.00 for 6, no tax.
Mix and match different varieties freely.
Unavailable — our grower is out for the season
Our grower is out of this one for the season. Leave your email and we will
tell you the day it is back.
🌱True-to-name guarantee — replaced or refunded if it is not what the label says
📦Insulated packaging, heat pack included in cold months
🚚Ship anywhere in the lower 48 or the U.S. Virgin Islands, or collect locally by appointment
💳Card, Venmo or Zelle — cash accepted on local pickup
Lacatan is the banana the Philippines reaches for when Cavendish is sitting on the same shelf. The fruit is sweeter, more aromatic and firmer in the hand when ripe — it holds its shape rather than going to mush, which is why it gets eaten fresh instead of cooked. People who grew up on it will tell you flatly that it is the best-tasting banana there is, and they are not really open to debate.
It is also the quickest of our bananas to pay you back. Where most take a year and a half to carry a bunch, Lacatan will do it in eight to twelve months, on a plant of five to nine feet — big enough to read as a banana tree, small enough for a suburban garden.
Fast growing, easy going, and hardy to zone 8, which is further north than most edible bananas will go. Full or partial sun, rich soil that drains, and water it like you mean it right through the summer.
What actually arrives. All our plants are under six months old and stand 4–8 inches tall at the time of shipping or pickup. These are young plants at the start of their life, not finished
specimens — that is why they cost what they do.
Plant specs
- Ships as
- Rooted starter plant
- Height on arrival
- 4–8 in. tall, under 6 months old
- Mature height
- 5–9 ft tall
- Light
- Full sun to partial sun
- Water
- Keep evenly moist — a heavy drinker in summer
- Hardiness zones
- 8–11
- Time to fruit
- 8–12 months
- SKU
- TP-MUSLACA
Care notes
Light — full sun. Bananas are solar panels on a stem; shade buys you leaves and no fruit.
Soil — rich and free draining, and they are greedy. Dig in compost or rotted manure before planting and top-dress every spring.
Water — the one thing they will not forgive is drought. In summer a mature plant drinks hard; keep the soil evenly moist and mulch thickly to hold it. Drainage still has to be good, though — standing water rots the corm.
Feeding — heavy feeders. A balanced fertiliser every four to six weeks through the growing season, easing off in winter.
Wind — the leaves shred in a blow. It looks alarming and the plant does not care, but a sheltered spot keeps it looking better.
Cold — see the hardiness zones on this page; they vary by variety. Frost knocks the top down, and if the corm stays unfrozen it comes back in spring. In a pot, move it under cover.
Fruiting — see the time to fruit on this page; it varies by variety. The stem that fruits then dies, which is normal and not a failure. Suckers around the base take over, so keep the strongest one or two and the plant renews itself indefinitely.
