Yesterday I noticed a bud on Canna flaccida when I left for work. When I got home the bud was much bigger and showing color. When I looked again an hour later the bud was opened! Last year I missed it entirely and I only saw the spent bloom. This year I practically got to watch it open. I can detect a faint pleasant aroma, but only barely. I snapped some photos but I didn't have time to download them and resize them this morning. I'll try to do it this evening. DK On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > So this wasn't the coldest winter for Cincinnati, but I have a surprise to > report. Canna flaccida that I grew from BX seed survived its first winter > outdoors, in pots, ABOVE ground. I had so many extra seeds that I was > willing to sacrifice these to test their hardiness. Imagine my surprise! > > Another surprise is that my tropical Canna hybrids that grew from self-sown > seeds are coming back for their 2nd year in the ground next to the house. > They're literally inches away from the house, so obviously getting enough > warmth to enable them to over winter. (The parent plants died their first > winter, and they were located 2 feet from the house.) Maybe this year > they'll be big enough to bloom? > > Thanks Dr. Jim for donating these Bandana of the Everglades seeds! :-) >