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Monday, October 12th, 2009

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.

Hummingbird’s Ghost has narrow blue-green leaves.
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Cream flower with red center – a seedling of Thai Princess

The red center fades to magenta.

Blue-green leaves with flowers held high
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Enormous dark pink flowers distinguish this seedling of Madame Butterfly.

This canna is from a seed I got from Sherry.
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Pink and yellow flowered seedling of Canna ‘China Doll’

The seed for this canna came from Sherry.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009

Awesomely orange seedling of Craig’s Coral

Seedling of Craig’s Coral

I’m crazy about orange flowers in the garden.

Solid orange
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009

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.

Unnamed seedling of Madame Butterfly
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

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.

Sugar Lips hangs out on the patio.
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Friday, July 31st, 2009

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.
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