I like Nam Wah (Thai banana) and Manzano. Both are very tasty.

Nine out of ten banana-ists agree: Musa Ice Cream and Musa Brazilian are the top two best-tasting banana plants on the banana analysts top five best-tasting banana plants list.

Grow for taste - they're all pretty easy (er, given enough light and 65-85F temps, that is).

Thanks I think I will go with the Ice cream

Ice Cream almost has a vanilla creamy taste where brazillian, manzano, dwarf red have a fruity sub-acid flavor

Kush, do you like the manzano? I was looking for a second plant and that is one of the other varieties that PIN offers.

manzano is excellent. so is namwha, mysore, misi luki, dwarf red,

Dont pay alot for banana plants. pups can be found on ebay for around $10 shipped if you want to pay for larger specimens then try going-bananas

Here is a link that might be useful: www.going-bananas.com

I was looking into getting a banana and trying to do research to see which one was the best and most amazing in terms of flavor. From various reviews and different expert's opinions who had tried many varieties, I decided on Mysore. Well, actually 'pisang Ceylon' which is supposed to be an improvement over Mysore. Mysore is a variety that can get to be well over 20ft tall though which probably explains why most tropical specialty nurseries do not carry it.

Several other varieties are supposed to be very good too: Goldfinger, Namwah, and 'Ice Cream'. Everyone's tastes and preferences seem to be a little different to some extent (in some cases what may be an excellent tasting variety for one person may just taste okay to someone else). Manzano is also supposed to be good, and Raja Puri isn't bad either. Someone mentioned pisang susu is supposed to be among the best, but is really hard to find.

Wouldn't Dwarf Cavendish be better for his climate? He can cover that in winter. The others are too large.