Banana Plant 'Sweetheart' (FHIA-03)

Banana Plant 'Sweetheart' (FHIA-03)Height: 8 12 ft Bananas have lemon custard flavor, productive and hardy plant. Sweetheart is a banana from the FHIA breeding project based in Honduras. The fruit is very good, with a distinct lemon custard flavor note. The bunches form at 6 10 ft from the ground, and mature relatively quickly. Sweetheart is disease and pest resistant, and exceptionally wind hardy. It has become one of our favorites and we hope to plant more of them at our farm in the

from June to July

but still rare in Florida

with many aromatic spice notes and turpenes

especially the first few years– establishing a low “open center” structure to the tree makes harvesting much easier

is a distinct plantain variety known for its large

Cold Hardy: Damage at 32 degrees

Harvest Season - Red berries produced in late summer

The fruit is very similar between the two

‘Veinte Cohol’ is a banana originating from the Philippines

The bananas may be eaten fresh out of hand

These common red types can taste ok

5-2lbs each