Ice Cream (Blue Java) Banana Tree

Ice Cream (Blue Java) Banana Tree

The banana with a flavor like dessert, the Ice Cream (also called Blue Java) produces sweet, creamy fruit often compared to vanilla custard. The stout bananas start out bluish with a silvery coating and ripen to pale yellow, with soft white flesh you can eat fresh or cooked.

This is one of the more cold-tolerant bananas, so it handles cooler spots better than many varieties. It’s also a tall plant, not a dwarf, growing about 12 to 15 feet in California. One plant is enough to produce fruit, and it makes a bold, tropical statement in a backyard.

Why You’ll Love It

• Creamy, vanilla-like flavor, the “ice cream” of bananas
• Bluish fruit that ripens to pale yellow, with a unique look
• More cold-tolerant than most banana varieties
• Big tropical presence, with large bunches of fruit

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