🍌 ‘Ice Cream’ Banana Plant — AgriStarts Selection

A tropical fruiting cultivar sought after for its sweet, creamy bananas. This listing specifically represents the cultivar supplied by AgriStarts under the name ‘Ice Cream’. It is treated as a variety distinct from Blue Java, allowing customers to choose with no ambiguity.

Why choose ‘Ice Cream’?

• Vigorous fruiting cultivar with beautiful tropical foliage.
• Dessert bananas valued for their soft, creamy texture.
• An excellent collector plant for a warm greenhouse or large sunroom.
• Supplied by AgriStarts, clearly documenting our plant source.

Banana flavour

When fully ripe, the fruit is described as mild, sweet, and creamy, with delicate vanilla-like notes. Flavour, fruit size, and time to fruit vary with warmth, light, and culture.

How to keep it more compact in a container

• Increase container size gradually.
• Use a reasonable final pot size, understanding that restricted roots can reduce fruiting potential.
• Provide maximum light to prevent stretched, weak growth.
• Keep the main pseudostem and one replacement sucker.
• Avoid excessive nitrogen.

Important: do not cut the top of the pseudostem to reduce height; this removes its growing point.

Growing in Quebec and other cold-winter climates

• Light: full sun or very intense light, ideally 6–8 hours or more.
• Temperature: best growth at 20–32°C; bring indoors before temperatures fall below 10°C.
• Water: keep slightly moist during active growth, without standing water.
• Soil: rich, airy, and very well drained.
• Fertilizer: feed regularly during active growth.
• Winter: keep warm and brightly lit; reduce watering when growth slows.

Shipping and preorder

Both sizes are offered for spring 2027 preorder. Shipping or pickup will begin once plants are sufficiently developed and temperatures allow safe transport.

‘Ice Cream’ (AgriStarts) and ‘Blue Java’ are sold as two distinct varieties in our collection. You will receive exactly the variety selected on the listing.