Six years ago now, I collected seeds from a nice enough red canna growing at my last apartment but one. I sowed some the following year, and they sprouted, which was satisfactory enough. Then I moved, and took just three plants — an orange, a lemon and a Brugmannsia — with me. The cannas, young and old, stayed behind, although I took the seeds. Four years later, last year, I moved again, and took one plant — the lemon — with me. I brought the seeds too. This year, for a laugh, I sowed them. Well, nothing ventured …
Blow me if they didn’t germinate.
And then, a couple of weeks ago, the biggest was showing definite signs of a flower spike. It opened a couple of days ago, and I was astonished.
I’ve now discovered that yellow-spotted-red cannas are not all that uncommon; I prefer mine to all the others I’ve seen on the web. Now to over-winter it, and the others, and see what happens next year.
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Wowsa!
@Rebsie Fairholm – Why, thank you Ma’am.