Tropical Canna

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  1. kate

    kate In Flower

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    IMG_0188.JPG IMG_0185.JPG I feared after moving to a new bungalow, also splitting the plant in Spring that my Canna would not flower this year but I was wrong. Not only that the split Canna has flowered too and I have a pup plant from the mother plant in a pot.

    All being well I can make a feature with the three in a circle next Spring. I hope to keep the three indoors all winter inside the small hallway where its frost free.
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    They are so pretty! The beautiful dark foliage makes the bright flowers look like their glowing.
     
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    Thank you 2ofus!
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    I agree with 2, the foliage offsets that flower very well.
    I grow a maroon leaved canna too but our season is too short for it to blossom. I don't care, those great big tropical maroon leaves earn a place in my garden every year.
     
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    Beautiful colored bloom Kate,..and the contrast with the dark leaves is stunning,..fingers crossed for you with placing three together next spring,..that image will be very impressive.
     
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    Gorgeous color...around here they seem to think everyone wants dwarf cannas, the larger ones are hard to find...How tall did yours get?
     
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    That is a gorgeous specimen, Kate. Will you take it in for the winter when it stops blooming?
    Gosh!!!---that is a very pretty one.
     
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    Its in fleece now. I have one in fleece in a back garden border another in a pot wrapped in fleece. One I chopped down which is in the decrative stone border.

    Be awesome to have three Cannas together...:smt026

    Thanks everyone!

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