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Abyssinian Banana
Ensete ventricosum
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 45Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Abyssinian Banana - Ensete ventricosum
Bigger and bolder than any true banana used ornamentally, the Abyssinian banana grows a single thick swollen trunk topped with enormous upright paddle leaves that can each reach two to three metres. Ensete ventricosum does not sucker, so it stays as one clean architectural specimen rather than spreading into a clump, and it produces no edible fruit. It comes from the highlands of Ethiopia and East Africa, so it wants rich soil, steady moisture and, above all, shelter from wind that will otherwise shred those leaves into ribbons.
Why Abyssinian Banana
Leaf Scale: Individual leaves of two to three metres create a sense of scale nothing else in a temperate garden matches.
Single Trunk Habit: Non-suckering, so it holds a clean solitary form instead of colonising the bed.
Rapid Effect: Grows very quickly in warm weather, delivering a full tropical presence within one or two seasons.
Upright Posture: Leaves are held distinctly more upright than a true banana, giving a vase-like silhouette.
Swollen Base: The thick, flared pseudostem is a striking feature in its own right at ground level.
Ideal Applications
Tropical Courtyard: A single plant in a sheltered courtyard sets the subtropical character of the whole space.
Poolside Feature: The bold upright leaf mass reads well against water and paving in warm-climate gardens.
Large Container Display: Grown in a big pot it can be moved to shelter over winter in cooler districts.
Foliage Contrast Group: Set behind fine-textured grasses and gingers for a deliberate scale contrast.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m
Best Planting Season: Spring and early summer, once soil is warm
Soil & Drainage: Deep, rich, well drained soil with heavy organic matter; it is hungry and thirsty but will rot in cold waterlogged ground
Establishment Care: Water generously and often through the warm months and feed regularly, as growth of this speed cannot be sustained on a lean diet. Position out of wind, protect from frost completely, and expect the plant to flower once after several years and then die, which is normal for the species.
Plant Details
Height: 4 to 6m in warm climates, less where the season is short
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen in frost-free climates
Light: Full sun to part shade, with shelter from wind essential
Native to: Highlands of Ethiopia and eastern Africa
Flower Colour: Insignificant, on a large drooping inflorescence produced once at the end of the plant's life
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







