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Dalmatiansoap 05-15-2011 02:21 PM
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:nanadrink:

cherokee_greg 05-15-2011 06:50 PM
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Cannas blooming today

Olafhenny 05-15-2011 06:51 PM
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The following is part of a posting of mine on April 4

Quote:
Originally Posted by Olafhenny (Post 161187)


(snip)...Now, with bananas it is possible to plant them deep, enough to avoid the ground frost zone. Has anybody
had any experience with planting Canna Lilies deeper? 8 to 10 inches with a good layer of mulch on top
would probably be enough to keep them well out of the frost zone here, but may be too deep for the new
shoots to rise through in spring?

Thanks,
Olaf
I did not any feedback from any body, who has tried this deep planting bit, therefore I took my biggest plant on May13
and planted it a full 6 inches below the pot level. The 8 to 10 inches, which I anticipated 6 weeks earlier appeared
a bit excessive, even though the plant was quite large.




This picture shows, where I affixed the marker ribbon prior to planting. Another reason for not going any deeper than
6” is, that it would have substantially buried the second sprout.





This shot, taken with the Canna in the hole prior to burying shows another small shoot developing just to the
left of the big one, If it can make it to the top from 6 inches down, that would be an early indication of the chances
of next spring’s recovery, providing, that the rhizome can survive.

Now, of course the primary concerns are, if the plant will survive the deep planting, without rotting, which if any of
the two smaller shoots will survive, and then let us see what happens next spring.

BTW I bought the rhisome for the plant as a Canna Cleopatra, but its leaves never showed the beautiful markings, which
Dalmationsoap's displayed???

Jananas Bananas 05-15-2011 08:54 PM
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Outstanding Greg! They are all so lovely, I have canna bloom envy!!! :ha:

Olaf, I have not had any experience planting deeply or I would have replied. I have purchased rhizomes for Cleopatra 3 different times from 3 different vendors and never got any color. I was terribly envious of Ante's last year when he was posting pictures of his. I finally bought some that were leafed out to make sure I got some color. :)



~J

cherokee_greg 05-15-2011 08:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas (Post 162635)
Outstanding Greg! They are all so lovely, I have canna bloom envy!!! :ha:

Olaf, I have not had any experience planting deeply or I would have replied. I have purchased rhizomes for Cleopatra 3 different times from 3 different vendors and never got any color. I was terribly envious of Ante's last year when he was posting pictures of his. I finally bought some that were leafed out to make sure I got some color. :)



~J
I didnot get color when I first planted mine but this year I notice color on my cleopatra.

Dreaminofthetropics 05-15-2011 09:31 PM
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Ok, Olaf got me coming here to read his new experiment! It looks interesting and honestly I can't say if I think they would come up or not through that many inches. I would think as long as its loose they would find their way up! I just put a 3" layer of compost and manure plus about 1-2" of mulch on top of mine.

This thread has me wanting more cannas! All I currently have is about 50-75 from seeds that I got from Thailand and started last year I'd say about 75% of them are back up this year. Most are green leafed and a few red leafed as well. None bloomed last year as I planted them late so I can't wait to see what I got. I also have some that look like Robert Kemp they get about 6ft and have bright red blossoms

Does anyone want to trade some of these pretty canna's?!!??! I have some bananas I could part with, the robert kemp looking cannas, cattail, iris, pickeral rush, and alot more if you see my thread on plants for sale/trade. Let me know if you guys want to trade. I would LOVE a stuttgart and any of the variegated foilage cannas!!!!

Olaf please keep us updated on your project it is interesting, how low do temps get where you are???

I will take a pic of my Thailand cannas tomorrow and post!:lurk:

Olafhenny 05-15-2011 10:53 PM
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Hi Kat,

our zone here is 6a. That brings us pretty close to 0^F or about -16^ C. Though we always have mid winter thaws, which often take all the frost out of the ground.

Therefore if this little experiment works here, it should certainly in Zone 8/9.

Best,
Olaf

saltydad 05-16-2011 05:52 PM
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OK, weather has been in the 70s and 60s during the day, 50s at night. How long would you expect from corm planting to sprouting here in my zone 7? I have c. musifolia in for 2 weeks now, with no show yet.

Dreaminofthetropics 05-16-2011 07:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Olafhenny (Post 162662)
Hi Kat,

our zone here is 6a. That brings us pretty close to 0^F or about -16^ C. Though we always have mid winter thaws, which often take all the frost out of the ground.

Therefore if this little experiment works here, it should certainly in Zone 8/9.

Best,
Olaf
I've never had a problem with cannas coming back but I've never had anything but plain old ol fashioned ones. So, I'm sure if I had some of the more tropical ones I would have to protect them more. Let me know how it works!

Dreaminofthetropics 05-16-2011 07:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saltydad (Post 162708)
OK, weather has been in the 70s and 60s during the day, 50s at night. How long would you expect from corm planting to sprouting here in my zone 7? I have c. musifolia in for 2 weeks now, with no show yet.
I will tell you with mine here at those weather it took about a month for mine to sprout here.

palmtree 05-16-2011 09:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saltydad (Post 162708)
OK, weather has been in the 70s and 60s during the day, 50s at night. How long would you expect from corm planting to sprouting here in my zone 7? I have c. musifolia in for 2 weeks now, with no show yet.
Don't worry because my cannas are not budging either. The only ones that are growing are the ones I have in a pot that I leave out in an extremely warm and sunny spot. The ground is still too cold here for any of the ones I planted in the ground to move much. My cannas usually sprout now, but with the lack of a really long heat wave so far, they haven't sprouted. It usually takes about a week of sun and 80s to move then out of the ground and once they are about 2 feet tall, there is no stopping there growth! My first flowers come in late june for the ones in pots and mid July for the ones in slightly shadier spots in the ground.

sunfish 05-17-2011 01:58 PM
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White Canna from seed

nannerfunboi 05-17-2011 04:20 PM
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had about 5 days of nice weather here..today..and i guess rest of week
to be rainy and chilly..sigh
i got a few cannas in last week (musafolia) i have a ton more ..but want to have a feel where to put everything.. EE,bananas,cannas,gingers,and some
annuals for colour..
i dont plant my cannas very deep..i have good compost rich soil..nothing
sprouting here either..(leaf that is).. when i get some good stalks going
i add another inch of compost and let them go..
my musafolia got over 9'+ last yr..
i got my originals from brians botanicals.. great guy!!!
now i have so many corms.. few that are huge...HUGE..

saltydad 05-17-2011 05:11 PM
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I agree with you about Brian; great stuff, great guy!!

cherokee_greg 05-17-2011 05:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saltydad (Post 162814)
I agree with you about Brian; great stuff, great guy!!
I third that I always get good stuff from Brian Always happy with my plants. :08:

Dreaminofthetropics 05-17-2011 06:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nannerfunboi (Post 162795)
had about 5 days of nice weather here..today..and i guess rest of week
to be rainy and chilly..sigh
i got a few cannas in last week (musafolia) i have a ton more ..but want to have a feel where to put everything.. EE,bananas,cannas,gingers,and some
annuals for colour..
i dont plant my cannas very deep..i have good compost rich soil..nothing
sprouting here either..(leaf that is).. when i get some good stalks going
i add another inch of compost and let them go..
my musafolia got over 9'+ last yr..
i got my originals from brians botanicals.. great guy!!!
now i have so many corms.. few that are huge...HUGE..
Surprisingly here in FL its been chilly the last few days in the 60s which is record lows for us right now, we are barely getting over 80 this week and last week we were in the mid 90s. I have put some things into pots myself because I'm not sure where I want to plant! What annuals are you planting for color?

cherokee_greg 05-17-2011 07:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreaminofthetropics (Post 162830)
Surprisingly here in FL its been chilly the last few days in the 60s which is record lows for us right now, we are barely getting over 80 this week and last week we were in the mid 90s. I have put some things into pots myself because I'm not sure where I want to plant! What annuals are you planting for color?
I know whats up with this weather ? We were having hot weather now its been in the 50's and raining im ready for the heat bring it on ! :08:

Dreaminofthetropics 05-17-2011 07:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cherokee_greg (Post 162838)
I know whats up with this weather ? We were having hot weather now its been in the 50's and raining im ready for the heat bring it on ! :08:
LOL I have no clue its crazy. At least you're getting some rain I'd be happy with some rain! :woohoonaner:

Jananas Bananas 05-18-2011 12:52 PM
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I would love some rain here too!













~JaNan

Dalmatiansoap 05-18-2011 01:00 PM
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My Cleo

:woohoonaner:

RayS 05-18-2011 03:01 PM
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We haven't seen the sun in nine days, and if we're lucky might get a brief glimpse on Saturday, then back to the gloomies, please take our rain.

Dreaminofthetropics 05-18-2011 03:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RayS (Post 162928)
We haven't seen the sun in nine days, and if we're lucky might get a brief glimpse on Saturday, then back to the gloomies, please take our rain.

OK!!! Send it my way!:nanadrink:

cherokee_greg 05-18-2011 06:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap (Post 162917)
My Cleo

:woohoonaner:
mines starting to show color

gander54 05-19-2011 07:28 AM
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I bought a couple of White Cannas they are called Payton Water Canna. have any of you tried them? Iam getting them from Texas Water lilies. I know that Australia is sold as a water canna and people put it in the ground. Can you tell me anything about this canna ?

cherokee_greg 05-19-2011 09:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gander54 (Post 163017)
I bought a couple of White Cannas they are called Payton Water Canna. have any of you tried them? Iam getting them from Texas Water lilies. I know that Australia is sold as a water canna and people put it in the ground. Can you tell me anything about this canna ?
check this link out
PlantFiles: Detailed information on Canna Lily Canna x generalis 'Australia'

Jananas Bananas 05-21-2011 07:52 PM
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My supposedly yellow flowering dwarf - at least it is a dwarf (AND it does have bronze leaves)!!!



I have to include this one because it is my favorite right now, and my favorite leaf with almost 50% red purple color!!! :goteam:



~JaNan

cherokee_greg 05-21-2011 07:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas (Post 163169)
My supposedly yellow flowering dwarf - at least it is a dwarf (AND it does have bronze leaves)!!!



I have to include this one because it is my favorite right now, and my favorite leaf with almost 50% red purple color!!! :goteam:



~JaNan
well its nice and I see some yellow do you want some yellow ones ? I have some if you would like some. let me know

nannerfunboi 05-22-2011 11:01 AM
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finally a couple days without rain here..geesshhhh.
got a ton of canna planting to do today.. put up mini temp greenhouse
to harden off my tomatoes/EE..
nites are staying in high 40s..mid 50s..so not to bad..
still we could easy have a frost..and my plants are lookin so good..im not
going to chance it..
i am amaze at how many cannas i end up at end of oct when i pull them..
i may have to start selling some on ebay..LOL

Dreaminofthetropics 05-22-2011 11:30 AM
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This is one of the cannas that I started from seed from Thailand last year, no blooms yet



Another

nannerfunboi 05-22-2011 02:37 PM
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well got a few cannas in.. before the rain came.. AGAIN !!!
lol
i guess i should be grateful..i do live in a desert..
geeeshh.. some of those corms (musafolia) are monsters..
and thats cutting some of them up last fall..
i had to dig couple holes almost 2 1/2 ft wide just to get suckers in..
lol
i hope i get some huge plants this summer off them..they went in really good
soil..lots of perlite,and compost..
i think i heard them singing as i covered them up..??? lol

cherokee_greg 05-22-2011 05:55 PM
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got this canna from the grocery store last year just said canna on it unknown

cherokee_greg 05-22-2011 06:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nannerfunboi (Post 163231)
well got a few cannas in.. before the rain came.. AGAIN !!!
lol
i guess i should be grateful..i do live in a desert..
geeeshh.. some of those corms (musafolia) are monsters..
and thats cutting some of them up last fall..
i had to dig couple holes almost 2 1/2 ft wide just to get suckers in..
lol
i hope i get some huge plants this summer off them..they went in really good
soil..lots of perlite,and compost..
i think i heard them singing as i covered them up..??? lol
yes they are very big I have lots of them there nice tho look like banana plants. the singing does help allot too lol

gander54 05-25-2011 06:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cherokee_greg (Post 163247)
got this canna from the grocery store last year just said canna on it unknown
That is a very pretty canna I wonder if it could be Wyoming? My Cleopatras are starting to show a little red in their leaves. I did not even know they would do this. One of them bloomed today and the blooms are almost solid red with a few yellow Freckles. Might be labeled wrong too.

gander54 05-25-2011 06:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas (Post 128615)
:giveflowersnana:New Canna blooms:

This one is the first bloom from my in ground cannas, it is Golden Lucifer:


This one is potted and is City of Portland:


:giveflowersnana:~JaNan
May I ask you a question? Your cannas are all beautiful but what is that variegated leaf in the pic of the Golden Lucifer pic. Its almost looks like a Magnolia

Jananas Bananas 05-25-2011 09:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gander54 (Post 163610)
May I ask you a question? Your cannas are all beautiful but what is that variegated leaf in the pic of the Golden Lucifer pic. Its almost looks like a Magnolia
That is a variegated shrub - Pittosporum tobira ''Variegata" commonly called a variegated mock orange. I have several around the house. I have a weakness for variegated plants! :ha:

~JaNan

gander54 05-25-2011 09:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas (Post 163631)
That is a variegated shrub - Pittosporum tobira ''Variegata" commonly called a variegated mock orange. I have several around the house. I have a weakness for variegated plants! :ha:

~JaNan
So do I. I thought it might be a Pittosporum after I looked again but the leaf looks so large and I thought they all had small leaves.

Jananas Bananas 05-25-2011 10:21 PM
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The leaves were closer to the lens of the camera as I backed up to get the all of the canna blossom in the shot. The bushes are pretty big though. I thought they were supposed to be a petite shrub, but they aren't as my house! :)

Jananas Bananas 05-27-2011 09:11 PM
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Banana and canna:



Sunlight:



Cloudy:



~JaNan

Willow87 06-02-2011 01:05 PM
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My new little Tropicanna

Willow87 06-03-2011 11:36 AM
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Banana cannas

Jananas Bananas 06-03-2011 01:20 PM
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~J

Willow87 06-03-2011 01:56 PM
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Wow Janan, is that Intrigue canna? I counted 54 Cleopatra cannas in my yard this year. I've had them for several years now and this year they are actually starting to spread


Olafhenny 06-03-2011 03:13 PM
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Holy shmokes, Cameron, these look like some giant blooms in the making. What kind are they?

Olaf

Willow87 06-03-2011 03:33 PM
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Hi Olaf the variety is Cleopatra. Some of the plants get a dark maroon stripe on them. I've even had a couple that have been completely red. I never know which ones will have more maroon on them. Hopefully after I water tomorrow, the blooms should open up. The plants without the flower are a little over a foot tall.

Jananas Bananas 06-05-2011 01:00 PM
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Yes, Cameron that is Intrigue! I love the colors in them!

Here are my City of Portland finally getting ready to bloom:



And my Tropicanna:



~JaNan

Willow87 06-05-2011 03:34 PM
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Wow those are beautiful. My Cleopatra cannas are about to bloom.

Willow87 06-09-2011 09:06 AM
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cherokee_greg 06-09-2011 09:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Willow87 (Post 164995)


Witch one is this ? Its so cool looking.I have one starting to bloom and it looks like it may be the same.

Willow87 06-09-2011 10:05 AM
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Hi Greg, this variety is Cleopatra. I love the red and yellow colors of this one.

Dean W. 06-09-2011 02:03 PM
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