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I've grown the most beautiful plant. What is it?!!

I thought I'd dug up a canna last autumn for a friend to put in her new garden. She didn't want it after my keeping it alive for months so a few weeks ago I put it in my garden and it's flowered as the most gorgeous plant but it's nothing like my canna! What is it?! 

It's by my canna and cautleya spicata but looks more like an orchid!


My location: Histon, near Cambridge, UK


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  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    Canna Picasso? There are lots of varieties...
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    Or Starship?
  • Canna Picasso? There are lots of varieties...
    Thank you! It does indeed look like this but I have no idea how I've grown it! I bought some canna in 2014 which are just ordinary (and most have red leaves, not green like this). I'm completely bamboozled as to where I have got this from and hope I can nurture it over the winter!
    My location: Histon, near Cambridge, UK


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Probably in the garden already, if you have suitable conditions for leaving them in the ground  :)

    I personally like the ones with green/gold  variegated foliage.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Fairygirl said:
    Probably in the garden already, if you have suitable conditions for leaving them in the ground  :)

    I personally like the ones with green/gold  variegated foliage.  :)
    I bought some extra land in 2012 and had 14 conifer trees removed and the entire area (old and new) was landscaped from scratch so I know, or think I know (!), every plant that's come in since!
    My location: Histon, near Cambridge, UK


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