Canna Lovers Unite!

Jananas Bananas · 11-19-2009, 02:37 PM

Hey All! I love cannas and I know a lot of you out there do too! How about some pictures of cannas?

Cheryl brought me a beautiful Pink Sunburst when we met up the other day to celebrate our birthdays.

My daughter brought me a Dr. Ingrid also for my birthday:

These are Intrigue and Journey's End with the sun coming through them.

Intrigue, Journey's End and Pink Sunburst

OK come on everyone. Show your cannas!!!!

~JaNan

mjdsinsacto · 11-19-2009, 03:29 PM

I'm wild about cannas!

Mine are showing signs of winter lethargy, after a showy summer extravaganza of colors.

My newly planted Cleopatra tubers and Journey's End are DRENCHED from rain from 2 nights ago.

I've pulled them under my covered patio. I hope they make it through the cold.

The Cleopatras are so beautiful--it's my signature image. The foliage is just as striking, brilliant green with wide burgundy stripes.

Pink sunbursts are really pretty. I haven't seen any at my Home Depots here.

Jananas Bananas · 11-19-2009, 09:11 PM

Here are more of my cannas:

This one is called Orange Beauty

These are my baby Tropicana Canna

and this one is my Journey's End - it was just a corm a few weeks ago!

~JaNan

Scuba_Dave · 11-19-2009, 10:27 PM

Oh Krikey....I have to dig mine up for the Winter

cherokee_greg · 11-19-2009, 11:43 PM

I love cannas in fact cannas are what got me into bananas
Here is a unknown canna I have I will post more pictures maybe tomorrow

mjdsinsacto · 11-20-2009, 12:12 AM

[/quote]and this one is my Journey's End - it was just a corm a few weeks ago!

~JaNan[/quote]

Oh, man, I just planted 2 of these. I hope they look like this in a few weeks.

They're sitting in wet and cold dirt right now; I just might have to get out my hair dryer and give them a blowout.

And the Cleopatras ... this is my holy grail of cannas. Stunning! Provided, of course, I don't give it rot.

momoese · 11-20-2009, 12:21 AM

Jananas Bananas · 11-20-2009, 02:26 PM

Here's two shots of Dr. Ingrid with today's rain:

What are yours Mitchel? They are beautiful! (I know the Stuttgart leaf - are any the flower for it?)

~JaNan

momoese · 11-20-2009, 02:30 PM

Yes the second picture with the blue sky is Stuttgart. Taylor figured out what the pink ones with blue leaves are called but I can't remember what he told me. The ruffly looking one is Pink Futurity and the other one with the water drops is an unknown that looks similar but is much more striking than the Pink Futurity.

Taylor · 11-21-2009, 10:17 AM

Great pictures, everybody! I love Cannas, too. Wish I had more types.

I found it online called Canna glauca 'Erebus' but Plant Delights also has it called Canna 'Thai One On'.

Two sources:
PlantFiles: Detailed information on Aquatic Canna Lily Canna glauca 'Erebus'
PDN -- Canna 'Thai One On'

Seaner · 11-21-2009, 01:38 PM

It appears you'll need to add me to the list

! I have exactly one banana plant but my brother's canna collection is rapidly increasing

! In fact it was cannas that led me to my recent desire to grow banana plants. I love big leaf plants. Until this past summer, I thought there was exactly one species of banana and had never seen a banana flower.
The cold has knocked back the taller cannas (except the orange ones), but the dwarfs are still green and blooming. The orange cannas were mislabeled so there's no way of knowing what variety they are. But I will be happy to add photos of the Lipstick and Picasso cannas to this post when I get the time.
BTW, the Pink Sunburst, Phaison, Erebus, & Cleopatra are definitely on my list for next spring

! Thanx for sharing all those beautiful photos!
Note: The photos I show will be of cannas my brother grew.

island cassie · 11-21-2009, 01:48 PM

Guys and gals - they are all just gorgeous! Last time I went to South Africa I took some seed of Canna Durban to my brother who lives in Durban. Here we only have the basic red/yellow flowers and the leaf-rollers make such a mess of them that I took them out. If they had been something special I would have made an effort to protect them.

My gardeners son gave me a species canna in a pot as a thank you, which hasn't flowered yet - but the leaf-rollers seem to leave it alone.

Jananas Bananas · 11-21-2009, 05:45 PM

More Canna pictures:

Journey's End Bloom

Tropicana Canna already Making Babies

Another Tropicana Canna

Tropicana Gold

Jananas Bananas · 11-23-2009, 03:00 PM

This canna is called Watermelon. The leaves are variegated and so are the buds. The blooms are watermelon colored.

~JaNan

saltydad · 11-23-2009, 07:58 PM

I currently have Yellow King Humbert, Tropicana, Stuttgart, Pretoria, Philadelphia, Red Lined. I need to spend more time on these gorgeous plants.

Jananas Bananas · 11-25-2009, 08:38 AM

This one is Wyoming - tall darkly colored leaves with orange/red orange blossoms:

~JaNan

Jananas Bananas · 11-30-2009, 08:55 PM

This is HOT HOT Pink!

~JaNan

sandy0225 · 12-01-2009, 07:10 AM

I've started some babies from seeds, don't know what they'll turn out to be . They're up about 2-4 inches tall and some have red leaves and some have green leaves. We had seeds mixed up from a mix of cannas, some of the plants were cleopatra, some were red king humbert, some were pretoria/bengal tiger, some were intrigue, and some were journey's end. I guess they'll turn out to be something cool anyway. a few of them have red leaves so at least I know they're the red king humberts or at least a cross of them.
I'm also growing some hostas from seeds. I like seed growing except for with bananas! I don't have patience for that very well..

Jananas Bananas · 12-04-2009, 12:19 PM

Here are some Cannas in the snow (at my sister's in Houston).

~JaNan

Jananas Bananas · 12-04-2009, 01:29 PM

Here are a couple more shots of the cannas in the Houston snow at my sister's. Poor, poor cannas!

~JaNan

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Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 390,955 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! Here are more of my cannas: This one is called Orange Beauty These are my baby Tropicana Canna and this one is my Journey's End - it was just a corm a few weeks ago! ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 390,955 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! Here's two shots of Dr. Ingrid with today's rain: What are yours Mitchel? They are beautiful! (I know the Stuttgart leaf - are any the flower for it?) ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 390,955 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! This one is Wyoming - tall darkly colored leaves with orange/red orange blossoms: ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 390,955 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! This is HOT HOT Pink! ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 354,932 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! I've started some babies from seeds, don't know what they'll turn out to be . They're up about 2-4 inches tall and some have red leaves and some have green leaves. We had seeds mixed up from a mix of cannas, some of the plants were cleopatra, some were red king humbert, some were pretoria/bengal tiger, some were intrigue, and some were journey's end. I guess they'll turn out to be something cool anyway. a few of them have red leaves so at least I know they're the red king humberts or at least a cross of them. I'm also growing some hostas from seeds. I like seed growing except for with bananas! I don't have patience for that very well.. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

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Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 390,955 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! Here are some Cannas in the snow (at my sister's in Houston). ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 390,955 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: Canna Lovers Unite! Here are a couple more shots of the cannas in the Houston snow at my sister's. Poor, poor cannas! ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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