Balisier collecting and growing
Dr Anthony Paul in South Africa has posted on Facebook a picture of a 7 petal Canna that he obtained from Kerala in India, called Canna ‘Yellow Cart Wheel’. The name seems most appropriate for this canna revelation, which has 3 inner petals and 4 outer petals. The inner petals are the sexual petals and … Read more
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, petals red; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is average. Eye-catching variegated leaves, with large butter-yellow … Read more
The Canna News Blog is on its travels again! After the harassment from cannabis enthusiasts to the CannaCyclopedia and CannasDeBeslon web sites, I have closed those sites, and now created the Thor’s Garden site instead, in the hope that the abuse and aggression will now cease. Apparently the name “Canna” now belongs to the drug … Read more
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 has achieved his goal. A new Canna cultivar called Canna ‘Vilamoura’ has been registered with the KAVB and Thor hopes that this cultivar will become … Read more
Canna ‘Daniel Hooibrenk’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; dark green foliage, large, acuminate shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 … Read more