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Canna disappointment

BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
edited July 2018 in Plants
It's the first time I've grown a canna and I am a little disappointed in the flower. First pic is what I've got and the second is the picture on the packaging. What do you think? 

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think it's pretty , but I think it's not the same variety.
    Devon.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Me neither. That's what you get from lidl haha. Actually my lidl cheapo's have been pretty good on the whole. I feel an email coming on. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You've done well even if it's the wrong one.  When I grew them in Belgium - near Gembloux - they'd take all summer to think about growing big enough to flower, finally open a flower in late September and then be zapped by frosts.  I gave up.   

    Might try again here but not before I have a permanent bed for them as I'm not getting into all the pot moving or plant lifting malarky.  Happy to mulch and give them a blanket but that's it.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Oh well I suppose I should be happy with what I've got Obelixx. It is in a pot though not a really big one. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I grew mine in pots, out the front in full sun.  Good compost, feed and watering.  Always slow tho I did get good foliage.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ours is much earlier than usual ... @Hostafan1 will know which variety it is


    It spent the winter in the garage. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Sorry @Dovefromabove but the original was was given to me  ( she didn't know the variety either ) Mine of the same variety in the tunnel are about 8ft tall now.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ah well ... we'll have to come up with a name for it ........ as you can see, ours isn't 8' tall or anything like ... but it's very beautiful  B)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    That's a beaut Dove. I am jelly. 
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