Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Hummingbird's Ghost
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Hummingbird's Ghost is a seedling of C. 'Pixie'.
Hummingbird's Ghost has a cream-colored flower with some pink lines on the labellum. It is shockingly bland for a canna. The extra-long stigma made me think of a hummingbird's beak.
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Hummingbird's Ghost has narrow blue-green leaves.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Exciting New Seedling
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Cream flower with red center - a seedling of Thai Princess
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The red center fades to magenta.
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Blue-green leaves with flowers held high
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Cardinal Sinn Explosion
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Canna 'Cardinal Sinn'
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Cardinal Sinn puts on quite a show in the Fall
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Cardinal Sinn must be the loveliest red canna!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Deep Pink
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Enormous dark pink flowers distinguish this seedling of Madame Butterfly.
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This canna is from a seed I got from Sherry.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Pink and Yellow
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Pink and yellow flowered seedling of Canna 'China Doll'
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The seed for this canna came from Sherry.
Monday, September 21, 2009
So Orange!
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Awesomely orange seedling of Craig's Coral
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Seedling of Craig's Coral
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I'm crazy about orange flowers in the garden.
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Solid orange
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sugar Lips Is Ready For Her Close-up
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Sugar Lips' flowers are covered with pink spots.
The cannas are beginning their Fall show here, although our weather is still quite hot. These two seedlings are interesting because their color is more nuanced than most cannas. You have to be really close to see the beautiful blending of color inside the flower.
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Unnamed seedling of Madame Butterfly
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Sugar Lips
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Canna seedling 'Sugar Lips'
Sugar Lips has pale cream stamanodes (petals) covered with small light pink spots and magenta lines on the labellum (lower petal). The foliage is blue-green. It is from one of Alice Harris's hand-crossed whites seeds. I've decided to plant this one in the ground for further testing.
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Sugar Lips hangs out on the patio.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Reflexed Flower
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Reflexed flower
A reflexed flower is one where the petals turn sharply backwards. This is a seedling of Canna 'Thai Princess'. I bought the seeds on eBay.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Introducing Jimmie Jill
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Canna 'Jimmie Jill' is a seedling of C. 'Ermine'
I want to name this canna after my sister-in-law, Jill Hill Forbes Fisher. She passed away in 2002. This canna flower is one of her favorite colors and Jill would have loved its playful look.
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Jimmie Jill has wide-open apricot pink flowers.
I recently noticed that Jimmie Jill has a branching flower stem, so that means more flowers on each stalk. Self-cleaning, too, if the humidity is just right.
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Jimmie Jill has wavy green foliage.
This seedling of Canna 'China Doll' is the first of my 2009 seedlings to bloom!
My name is Dawn Hill. I have a small but growing collection of cannas. I also enjoy growing