Scott Swanson
Don Ross admits he wasn’t expecting much when he planted a banana tree “start” in his front yard in Meridian Heights.
Ross had been living in Washougal, Wash. after managing the Sweet Home Sprouse-Reitz store for years, and had a neighbor who’d been a missionary in Africa.
“He’d spent most of his life in Africa and he moved in across the street,” said Ross. “He brought a start back and a couple of…