Put just about any canna in a moist but well drained sunny location, and they will grow like weeds. Wyoming is a shorter variety, so get some the same height, but dif color and alternate them in a line along the fence....or get taller ones(dif color) and put them to the back. They are all beautiful ans easy to grow. The colorful foliage is an added bonus. Check out:
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Match your wyoming with a few black knights, and a few Richard Wallace.

toss them, buy some new ones and get on with it. They're only plants.

Buy the ones you want.

I mix them all up all the time, dont; be afraid to try it. If it doesn't work to your liking, try a new mix next year!

good luck!

check out the canna photo marked "Canna Symphony in E flat"- LOL!

Here is a link that might be useful: Boca Joe's canna

Okay, so, I think I will take the leap and just get what I want. You're right--they're just plants! I just feel guilty. Everytime I SP a plant--whatever the reason--I find myself apologizing to the plant. I need to chill.:-)
Except when I SP'd the wisteria...I had never been sooo happy.

I am now wanting to go with white/pink/salmon, med-tall. Any suggestions? I thought I remembered whites were hard to grow...or was that another plant??? Any experience growing whites?

Thanks!

R

dig them up and put them in the front yard with a sign - they will be gone in about an hour. Someone else would love to have those wyomings. I went from 5 varieties to over 30 in the course of a year, so I guess you can say I mix them up. zitro_joe

I have two friends that just bought houses, too. I think I'll try to pawn some off on them. :-)

go to Karchesky cannas website. They have a ton of killer cannas with white, cream, pink and salmon. They send very nice rhizomes. You can at least use them as a reference for photos if nothing else.

Boca Joe

Here is a link that might be useful: Karchesky Cannas

I've often mixed cannas over the years. Some mixtures worked, some didn't. But I tend to mix other plants, both annuals and perennials, along with them and those are the groupings that worked out the best.

I have trouble parting with plants, cannas included, unless they've spread to the point that they're coming out of my ears. Why not dig 'em up and pot them up in large pots? You could move them around to areas as accents or even on a patio, mixed with other potted plants to make pleasing groupings. That's something that I learned from Boca Joe years ago.

Jenna

Go to the plant exchange and try to trade your cannas. Many people grow the wyomings merely for the burgundy foliage. You might be able to trade them for something else you'd like.

The white ones are not hard to grow. They're just rare and a bit expensive. Also, the ones I've seen are dwarfs, as are the salmon ones I have.

If you're not opposed to red, check www.cannas.net for Black Knight. It's a beautiful tall dk red flowering variety with dark foliage. It's one of my faves.

I also love growing Florence Vaughn (Horns calls it Yellow King Humbert). I usually don't like orange, but the bloom is orange and yellow splotched and it's very striking and very prolific.

A tall salmon/peachy colored one would be Omega, but it's not commonly sold. Karchesky may have some though.

I mix my cannas and it looks great. I like the eclectic look of different colors together. Also, another advantage to mixing them is that some will keep blooming while other types are at rest. That way, you will always be assured of having blooms in the mix. I live in Hawaii so I like to have them blooming all the time, throughout the year, all year long. Here's what they look like in my garden, both mixed and by themselves (click on this link) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/littleme_hi/album?.dir=c796&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

Here is a link that might be useful: LITTLEME'S CANNAS