Canna ‘Trinacria Variegata’
A small Italian Group cultivar; variegated foliage, oval shaped, white margin, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green + purple; spikes of flowers are reflexed, yellow and white, staminodes are large,…
Canna Auguste Ferrier
Back in the day, in 1997 on one of my canna-hunting expeditions I discovered Canna 'Auguste Ferrier' growing in the garden of an old farmhouse near La Rochelle, in western…
Canna break through – Canna ‘Vilamoura’
Reprint from Friday, 19 June 2015 After many years of attempting to create a cultivar with 5 petals, instead of the normal 4 petals, Thor Dalebø of Claines Canna…
Canna Leaf Shapes
The overall shapes of canna leaves are characteristic of the genus, and together with reproductive features, are used in plant identification. To assess the shape of a leaf, one examines the…
Canna naming chaos
There are serious problems in canna nomenclature which would seem to be intractable. A long time ago I realised that I can do no more than sharing my database containing…
Canna Social Media
Cannas and Calla Lilies Of Australia (Swap/buy/sell) Canna Collectors Southern Africa Canna Indica 'Europe' (bananier, agave) Planet Canna The International Canna Society The International Canna Society Buy, Sell and Trade…
Canna Virus
What are canna viruses? The Canna genus is susceptible to certain plant viruses, which can result in spotted or streaked leaves, in a mild form, but can ultimately result in stunted growth…
Cannas for Winter Decoration.
Extract from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, 1908 Cannas for Winter Decoration. The canna is well known as a summer denizen of our gardens, but it may…