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I am loving the colors on this new Cleopatra leaf, I can't wait until it opens:
 My Australia is coming back - I thought I lost it! :woohoonaner:  This is a new Bronze colored Dwarf I just got, it's supposed to have yellow flowers:  Oh yeah, this is another new dwarf and the blossoms are supposed to be pink! Which I might be able to see soon if the grasshoppers will stop munching on them, the blasted boogers! :(  ~JaNan |
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again..jealous of u all that can plant in may..sigh..
lol this week is "suppose" to be in 70s.. so i prob will get the cannas in.. it will take them a while to come up..so they should be safe from any last of spring freeze.. which im sure we will have.. sigh.. that is super colour on that canna ...jananas !!!! have u grown that one before?? does it keep the dramatic colour contrast as a big plant?? |
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The color on which one Nannerfunboi? I'm guessing you are talking about either the Australia or the Cleopatra. Both keep their color. Sometimes the Cleopatra will have stronger variations, or lesser on the leaves. You always keep your fingers crossed for more. The flowers will have split colors on them also. Dalmationsoap (Ante) has some beautiful pictures of his split color blossoms earlier in this thread if you want to look at them! :)
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I have this canna coming from Brians Botanicals so cool here is the link
Canna 'Maui Punch' PPAF -Related to Musa Ginger Banana | eBay I love the color :08::08::08::08::08: |
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That's a beauty Greg!!! The last few I purchased have been dwarfs!
This is the one that had the little grasshopper munching down on the buds. You can see the damage from the little booger!  This one has a tag on it saying it has yellow blossoms. Hmmmmm......does that look like a yellow bud to you? :ha: Maybe it will be yellow tipped in pink like a Peace rose. That would be nice! :)  Australia - not a dwarf but so pretty!  ~JaNan |
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I ordered tons of Canna's this year. I have Cleopatra coming up I did not know the plant did that. I just thought it was a green foliage. I have so many and did not think to label them Last year I had them all in pots but none came back so this year half of them will be in the ground. The ones in pots that I want to save will be dug up. I plant mine in pots with Taro and some trailing vines of all sorts no telling what I will stick in my large pots.
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janans... that australia is a super colour!!! wow..
i dont have that one..but looks like im going to have to.. lol this is addictive isnt it.. :) |
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Gorgeous Greg!
Yes Nannerfunboi, it is very addictive. :woohoonaner: I actually had a large collection of cannas before I had any bananas. I bought my Australia's at Lowe's. Here's one of the dwarfs blooming (this one is supposed to have PINK blooms) with very red orange blossoms and yellow speckled throats:    ~JaNan |
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Cannas blooming today
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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??? |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 |
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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.
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