Stasi, Mine is still in a 3 gal nursery pot. It was too small to plant last year but I'm going to plant it this year. It's about 30" tall and wide. It is leggy and octopus-like, by no means graceful... quite an ugly bush in fact, but I love the flowers, so it's a keeper. :) I'm surprised to hear some of you say it has no scent because I found it very fragrant for the first morning of each bud's opening. The blooms seem to last about 4-6 days for me. The bush had more than one open bloom for about a two week period and as of today it's down to the last unopened bud. :'( As far as winter chill goes... I'm not sure what our chill factor in scientific lingo... but our first frost is usually late Oct. to early Nov. and last frost from mid Apr. to mid May... coldest temps can be down to -30º for a few days, -10º for a week or so, and can hover around 0º for months at a time. Our milder winters may never drop below 20º. I don't know if that's the info you need to calculate winter chill, but feel free to ask any info you may need to accurately calculate it. :) Disease resistance... disappointing... After all the talk about it not being disease resistant, I went to examine mine and discovered quite alot of early Anthracnose symptoms, so I sprayed it with Bayer for disease, and it is clean now. It's VERY early for me to be spraying for disease this year, but my two biggest indicator plants are 'L.D. Braithwaite' and 'The Prince'... and they went all lights and sirens about three weeks ago with BS, so I guess I'll be on a regular spray schedule this year. Last year I sprayed once in August and all was well. I feel it was worth the wait... but other than my Faith and family, gardening and roses are my life, so there are very few that don't find a way into my heart and a permanent home here. :) Rob:)

I believe your canna is widely sold in the Americas under the cultivar name as both Florence Vaughan and most recently as Yellow King Humbert. This cultivar was believed to have been introduced in the early 1900âÂÂs from Europe under its valid name C. Roma. Kent

I am so envious! I bought a Jackmani bare root and potted it up and then poof, it was gone. But, I kept providing care and now have a pair of very small leaves. (it's in my "hospital" - some morning son, then filtered light for the rest of the day).....we'll see, it could be a pampered weed. But, I am impatient and bought a Sweet Autumn after hearing so many great things. It's thriving and looks like nothing is going to stop it from being the monster it has a reputation for being. I've fallen in love with vines of many kinds, but can see Clematis becoming a favorite. (That red is beautiful, too).

Thanks everyone, I am glad to share my first experience with these wonderful plants. Denise, I always get confused with the two terms. I have heard mine called a carnosa compacta so I am never sure what to call it. I have a Hindu Rope, is that the 'curly leaf' one you mentioned ? Maybe I will start naming them, I think that is Moonwolf's territory. I do have a large 'Chinese Evergreen' shrub in the living room that I call 'Charlie". Thanks all Poseidon