Canna indica (common names: Indian shot plant)

As far as I know Spritz it is unlikely to flower now as they need 6 hours of sun a day! Down here they are all starting to die back.
I might have found a reason for the non flowering of yours though!!
It might be an agricultural canna rather than a horticultural one!. They are grown for their rhizome which is full of starch and tend to be sterile.
Have a look at the Wikipedia entry on Cannas

Hi Maple - oh dear. I did hope it might still flower... it was bought at a reputable Garden Centre, so surely not an agricultural one from there? I suppose it might flower next year if I can overwinter it.

Did your canna come in a sealed pack with a picture on it? We had a couple from a local canna nursery giving a talk at our local Garden Club last night. He was critical of some outlets who sold cannas in this way because what was pictured on the pack bore no resemblence to what the rhizome in it was capable of producing. Probably more of a problem with the supplier than the Garden Centre itself.

No, it was in a smallish pot with a plant label - no name though. Next time I go over to the G.C. concerned, I intend to complain! I am very disappointed. It was not cheap!

Hi Spritz, I got a new book at the weekend! It says you should lift the plants in autumn, cut them down, and store the rhizomes in a peat-free compost in frost-free conditions. It doesn't mention the leaves being frosted. Hopefully someone else has experience :o)

Thanks Peter, I'll do just that. I guess I'd better leave the shoots alone, unless anyone knows different???

From my reading Spritz propagation is done by seed or rhizome only. But as you say someone may know different. Good luck with it though and let us know if it flowers next year!!

This is new in my garden. I ordered it as a Canna "Durban" which are meant to have incredibly multi-colored leaves. This seems a bit plain and I wonder if the nursery sent the wrong ones by mistake.

Perhaps the colour comes as the leaves age. ?
I would query it with the supplier. You should get what you paid for, and if they sent a substitute they should have told you.

I am really not sure...just emailed the nursery where I bought them.

I just added a bit to my comment but I think you've already done what I suggested lol : )

Lovely photo! Why don't you type in the name in google images and you will get plenty to compare with.

Beautiful!

thats lovely

beautiful

Great color...on fire!!! : )

Now that's what I'm talking 'bout ! These are my kind of colors !

Tropical paradise in Toronto.....climate change perhaps? LOL.

LOL...They are really bright, aren't they...they took so long to send up blossom that I was concerned that they would be blooming in time for first frost...I have a green white and yellow leafed canna but they have done nothing...the cold spell this spring seemed to set them back and they've been really slow to recover... Not quite tropics, Marguerite...and not quite Toronto either...I'm closer to Montreal at about the 45th parallel of latitude.... five hours from TO by freeway. But when the Cannas are blooming it can look like Hawaii!!

These are such an exotic sizzling colour. Ours are doing very well this year Lori, -probably due to all the rain we are having, but we are giving them lots of food as well. Several are in excess of 7 feet high this year!

I really must get some of the taller cannas... the red I have was labelled 'dwarf canna'... they are taller than I am and they are dwarf???
LOL... Nice to know that something liked all that rain. It has been quite wet here too...but the garden is loving it! There is nothing more heartbreaking that a dry thirsty garden!

Beautiful colour Lori think I might try some of these next year seen so many lovely photos There goes that wish list it gets longer every day lol How tall will this one grow please

Its Beautifull Lori, I wish mine would Flower, sigh. :))))

Thanks ladies... Soon, Youngdaisy, soon!!! all it needs is some sun, right? I've had mine four years now...They never get any taller than 6 feet... can range between 4 and 6 feet... they pack a lovely colour punch...great in the background of a border...if you find the Tropicanna var. they have lovely red, orange yellow and green striped leaves, Janette.

Thanks Lori taken a note of the name and will look out for this for next summer

Nice Shot Dio!

Excellent picture, Diohio.

Another brilliant photo, Diohio.

fantastic shot diohio, i could take a photo of some heavy rain if you like.

They are such a blast to watch aren't they ?! She's just waiting for another hummer to come by ,so she can give them a piece of her mind...lol.

My gosh yes ! I'm going to really miss them when they leave. I think they have already started to head south because I'm not making as much nectar daily as I used to.
I saw her sitting on this same bud again today. And you're right. Anyone flying even slightly close to her Canna got chased and scolded !

Amazing.

Nice shot ...! Very eye-catching.

Great.

Fantastic Shot Diohio!

what great timing on this one! Very nice!

Oh that's lovely!... The flowers on your cannas are more dainty than mine...will have to look for Wyoming...I've become a canna nut!
it's now almost a month later than your picture and my cannas are still going...hummers have been gone for some time now.

A few of mine are still blooming Lori, and I think now my hummers are all gone too. The last I saw one was last Tuesday (Sept. 30)........before that there were still at least 4 here. I really miss them.

lovely canas..