Canna 2012

Mine does Kristen but Armandii's doesnt, his have a much clearer colour..

 

As I remember it, it should look like Armadii's when growing well.
Brown streaks following the veins are always a bit suspect I think, especially on relatively new leaves.

 

I'll take a photo of mine, next time the sun comes out!, and ask your opinion.

 

Sorry to keep banging on about C. "cleopatra", but I find its everchanging appearance very unusual.
This leaf shows how the variegation is not the same on both sides of the leaf. I took the picture with the sun shining through it.



So this is the two sides of the same leaf

 

Not long till mine will be flowering Pete.
Fingers crossed will post as pic as soon as it does!

 

I feel sure you know this, and I am misunderstanding, but just in case you think that Cleopatra is an interesting leaf only here are the flowers on mine this morning:

 

Some of my Cannas (mostly seed grown) that have been sulking all summer have suddenly perked up, one that has been stuck at 12 inches tall, doing nothing and has been so close to going on the compost heap a couple of times has suddenly shot up and now measures 3ft and looks prestine; 2ft of growth in 2 weeks

All my others; seed grown, saved rhizomes and bought ones are thriving too, one called C.Tenerife that I got from a sale trolley at Wilkos about 6 weeks ago has thrown up about 6 suckers and 3 of them have new flower buds coming, nothing over 18 inches tall though, so I'm assuming this may be a dwarf variety..

 

Thats gorgeous!

 

This is what I like about the plant Kristen, its interesting even before it flowers, then it comes up with flowers of unknown colour, until they open, well kind of.
The colour of the buds do give away the flower colour, as does the foliage.

 

I'm sure one of us could bung a bit your way next spring Armadii.