
This gigantic leaf is a new "personal best" for me in the "big leaf" category. It's my Red Banana, Ensete maurelii.
Normally, I would have planted elephant ears, Colocasia esculentum, in the pots where I planted these. But on impulse, I snatched up the banana plants instead, not realizing how big the leaves would get, or that it would lead to this personal best.
This particular leaf is about 31 inches from top to bottom.

It was a tough evening with the camera.
This Red Banana isn't a native plant around here (you noticed that, too?) but I still think it counts as my personal best for big leaves.
I've noticed that whenever I write about one of the earliest, latest, tiniest, ugliest, or whatever-est in my garden, people assume I'm competitive about my gardening.
Not so! I just like to keep records of stuff like this.
So, do you want to see one of the tiniest leaves in my garden?
How about this little... wait right there, I need to go look it up...
If this isn't the tiniest leaf in my garden, it has to be pretty close to it.
By the way, the red banana leaf also wins the prize for "reddest" leaf in the garden.

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In this late part of the season, I think foliage is where it's at.
Don't you just love the look of the rolled-up leaves on the banana? Mine has green leaves and I like it, but those red leaves are way cool.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I used to have Colocasia gigantea Thailand Giant Strain that I bought from Plant Delights. Now that monster had giant leaves!
But I love your red banana leaves. I can't believe how nice they look, too--the ones at the garden center get ratty with wind, and that's kept me from trying them in my garden.
P.s. You kept the vinca vine in there for scale, right? *wink*