I have two plants that need identifying. The first single pic looks like a calla lily but I was told it was some type of banana. The second 2 pics reminds me of a hydrangea but it does develop into a large tree-like shrub and the flower cluster doesn't seem as delicate as the hydrangea. Thanks.
Terrific id's, guys. Thanks. Canna/Calla ..I seem to confuse the two also. I guess my friend may be generally correct in saying the "Canna" is a member of the banana family? To me the leaves look like a relative. Wayne, in Saanich
Interesting quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canna_(plant) " Canna (or Canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of approximately twenty species of flowering plants.[1][2] The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc "
Want me to make it say it's closely related to an orangutan? ;-) Not that I instantly doubt Wiki, but it's notoriously unreliable...
An orangutan.. will it stand still while I plant it in my garden? Talk about an interest point -- would beat a Canna hands down!
