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fwtexasmusic
07-13-2016, 05:23 PM
I just moved into a new house and after a few months debating with the wife if this is banana or canna, I finally need to ask the board.

This plant and little suckers are in my garden next to my house and get shade from a Japanese Maple. I started watering them real good every other day. They get mostly shade yet a few hours of morning/afternoon sun. Had some new growth and big leaves since I started watering good a month ago, but their growth is very weird.

I think they are a type of banana... would love to pinpoint which.

https://s31.postimg.org/tuq8bfz2j/redbanana.png

JP
07-13-2016, 07:54 PM
Looks like Canna to me...

blue java ice cream
07-13-2016, 08:42 PM
Looks like Canna to me...


I agree.

alemily
07-14-2016, 09:42 AM
Canna lily, specifically the cultivar "Red Stripe". Yours is identical to the Red Stripe cannas I grow in my front yard.

fwtexasmusic
07-14-2016, 12:03 PM
Well, the wife wins. Thanks everyone! At least it is a varietal named after my favorite beer!

subsonicdrone
11-12-2016, 07:42 PM
footmerc?