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In NZ they can grow to 7 ft and be as wide as 50cm. There are only 9 species in this genus. I so enjoy their most interesting leaf patterns and structure. Cannas are not restricted to the tropics, they will happily grow in cold climates in a container or green house. Divide the clumps for easy propagation.
This is part of the batch of flowers that we moved from an abandoned farmhouse to ours. I love the spottled coloring.
'Ermine' Canna (Canna x generalis 'Ermine'), 'Pineapple' Coleus (Solenostemon scutellariodes 'Pineapple'), 'Vodka' and 'Whiskey' wax or fibrous begonias from the cocktail series (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum 'Vodka' and 'Whiskey) are the annual flowers used in this planting in the Summer of 2012. The 'Ermine' Canna turned out to be a perennial for us this year as it was planted last year. The unusually mild winter that we had this year allowed it to quickly regenerate from its rhizomes this spring. It is a hybrid canna and may have some genes from Canna glauca as the foliage has a slight blue tint and it seems to do well in wet to moist soils. It performs poorly in soils with medium to dry moisture content. The 'Pineapple' Coleus is a sun tolerant variety. 'Vodka is the begonia with the scarlet red flowers and 'Whiskey' is the begonia with the white flowers. Both begonias have bronze foliage. Sam Bahr, photographer
Ok.. so I bought myself a new camera today (Nikon D3200) and took a few random shots from the garden.
All the cannas were gifts from family and friends. Their growth and flowering far exceeded my expectations -- here they are in early August.
The Daily Shoot assignment for 2010/07/12:
Focus on a fragment of an object today. Make a photograph that only shows part of an object, not the whole thing.
Some flowers in a little park like area outside of the convention center in Puebla. These flowers appear to be Cannas (sometimes erroneously called "Canna Lilies"... probably due to the similarity to the name Calla Lily... however, Cannas are not actually lilies). Anyway, I have a bunch of these in my garden (and the same color too). They don't have any noticable scent, but they have pretty booms and lovely foliage.