This big canna is a big'un. Does anyone recognize it ?
cannas
about to bloom
I do believe that is the King HUmbert Red. I have some that look just like that.
thank you...I will watch as the bloom develops but I needed a starting place :)
Show us a picture when in bloom. For now, though, I'd also speculate that it might be "Ambassador," but the proof will be in the blooming.
ahh....I will certainly post the bloom. It was in bud yesterday.
i was thinking it might be "intrigue" but i dont think the leaves are maroon enough. cant wait for the bloom! debi
I traded for it last year from a lady professor in Indiana. She had won a prize at a local flower show with it but had no idea of the ID.
Looks like Intrigue to me too.
what a big plant...what a tiny bloom :)
looking like Intrigue
maybe if the leaves are "pointy" enough. the variation on the leave photo in the daves database looks very alike.
At first i wanted to lean towards "intrigue" but I think the leaves on your plant are a little too red. intrigue's coloring is darker.
darn...they are right lovely...would love to know exactly what it is ?
It looks like a colocasia giganta in that first pic in the left hand ....
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yes. a kind DG person shared that with me this spring and it certainly is gigantica ! :)
It looks 'purpurea' to me.
Check out purpurea/Russian Red to compare.
~Alice
sorry...i'm thinking it's Canna indica 'Red Stripe'...ok the leaves are huge...........flowers are tiny, brilliant red flowers and somewhat disappointing because you'd think because of the growth in the leaves they should have huge big bright flowers. it's actually grown for it's foliage not flower. some of the leaves can get up to 3 feet across...:) i had one that grew 22 feet last year! (they are supposed to be up to 8 feet tall...don't believe it! i have the picture on another canna thread).
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c. 'Red Stripe' is a purpurea, also.
I don't see much striping in these leaves, though.
But, perhaps it's the time of year when photographed.
It could be ...
really?? abutilon...i'm seeing striped leaves...but then again sometimes i see pink elephants...:)
LOL @ tobee
you guys are so smart...even if you dont agree...LOL.. :)
well i don't have a close up of mine...darn...but see the ones towards the back...i looked at the close up above and they look the same. problem is some cultivars are sooooo similar that sometimes is just hard to tell! :) but fun to guess!
"Bee",
Are those impatiens spilling out of your cannas?
-- Pilgrim
benj.....why yes i spilled those impatients all over! that's not the end of the season they get about 2 feet higher by sept. we have to take em out with an axe!
tobee, now you know that people in Florida have zone envy too. My Impatiens go in in November for the FL "Spring" planting. I missed it this year (knee replacement) and rushed a few containers two weeks ago. They are pretty now, but living on borrowed time! LOL They really hate the summer heat here.
I'm into my first time ever Canna mode now. If they don't do well for me, I'll just come back and look at your pictures.
Pati
You mean I actually IDENTIFIED a plant since I've been on the site?!!!
YEEEEEEEEEY!!!
benj! Contrats!!! YOU DID!
22 ft tall. My gosh. I wouldnt want one like that. I prefer the dwarf varieties. More blooms less foilage. I cut them back after blooming and they spread faster. Forget the seeds. I just got a princess Di and I hope its as pretty as the pictures show. Fran
I love canna;s also .
sedone...i have dwarfs as well...it depends on the area i'm planting. some i want the height and other places i don't . for the back of the gardens when the foxgloves etc are peaking the really tall cannas come up as others are fading out....the cannas will give me color until late oct. the dwarfs are great for walkways and the such. but i love all sized....small, med and large! also since i do a lot of "texture" gardening i want the foliage not the flowers.
Tobee43, what a beautiful flower bed you have. With the cannas and the black EE's and the impatients, very very nice.
Linda
thanks so much linda! i appreciate that!
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