It’s been nine days since I posted a photo of the seedlings. It sure seems like they are rocketing skyward. I will pot up the larger ones in a week or so.
Only about half of the canna seeds in this tray have germinated, but never give up easily. Some may take three or four weeks to come up.
Leaf lettuce and Erodium ‘Sweetheart’ – 2/6/09
The canna seeds I planted last week began showing sprouts. At first, they are white, but turn completely green before their first day is done.
This canna seedling has spidery orange flowers.
Another orange seedling! I like this one very much! The soft orange flowers are about 3 inches across. It seems to be a dwarf with lightly wavy green foliage.
Another canna blooms indoors
Slightly wavy foliage similar to C. ‘Orange Punch’
On the day it snowed, I could not stop myself from bringing in some of my canna seedlings. I grouped them up by the sliding glass door and they are starting to bloom! This canna grew from a seed of the dwarf white Ermine. It seems to be a dwarf, also. The foliage looks just like the leaves of Ermine. I love the yellow markings on pink.
Looks like a keeper!
Snowman, the guinea pig, enjoys living in a canna forest.
The seedling Happy Henry with pods
One of my seedlings finally opened a little orange flower.
I waited and waited for this one to bloom. I really like the long narrow foliage and got excited when I saw an orange and yellow petal peaking out of the bud. The flower turned out to be quite small.
Lovely leaves, tiny flower
Yes, I’m still here and so is Canna Land. My laptop lost its motherboard, but now is back from the shop and all is well. We have enjoyed a very warm autumn here in Las Vegas. The cannas have not yet been nipped by frost. Many are still blooming.
I’m trying to encourage my seedlings to go ahead and bloom before it’s too late. The first of my 2008 seedlings is yellow with red speckles. The flower is wide open with narrow petals – about 4 inches across. It has blue-green leaves with the look of a water canna.
My first canna seedling to bloom!
I have decided to grow this canna next year to see how it does. I like the way it holds up to our hot summer sun and does well in a pot. I think that this seedling is probably very similar to other named varieties, but it has two of my most necessary qualities. So I am planning to grow it at least for next season. I will call it Happy Henry just for fun.
Happy Henry
Happy Henry (left) with another unnamed seedling
Seedling of C. ‘India Prince’
Seedling of C. compacta subsp. cinabrina
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