Banana trees are down

The banana trees have not fared well with the frost. They are complete mash.

I was looking back at our first pictures of the garden, last May, and noticed I couldnt'see the banana trees either, so perhaps this is what they do every year?

In the fall I watched the BBC, where they showed how you should wrap them in stro. But then the previous owner told me she had never done that. So, well, I thought I would see if the thing is capable of dealing with our winters and otherwise give up on the idea of banana trees.

Lots of people (Frank, my mother) have commented last fall how much character the banana trees bring to the garden. So, from that respect it is a pity the banana tree is down.

In fall I had also tried to dig out some of the smaller new shoots, but it was impossible to dig them out without damage. So they died.

The picture on the left is from April 2008, last April. No banana trees!!??