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How to contact me at Cannas AustraliaGet in Touch. Contact me with questions. Give me feedback. Information regarding Cannas that you need to know about Permalink -- click for full blog post "How to contact me at Cannas Australia" Cannas Garden Diary of Australian PlantsGarden Diary of cannas long flowering perennial plants. What happens and when. Flower guide throughout the year Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cannas Garden Diary of Australian Plants" Reader Canna Questions and AswersI receive Canna questions frequently and always try to give honest, helpful answers. I have selected some of the best Q and A's about Cannas and posted to Cannas Australia.com Permalink -- click for full blog post "Reader Canna Questions and Aswers" Check Canna Lily Seeds first before preparing and sowingHow to choose Canna Lily Seeds for growing new garden cannas. Pick and plant those with good formation with an embryo to start growing. Get the best seed for high germination rate. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Check Canna Lily Seeds first before preparing and sowing" Developing Canna Garden Seeds are Ready to be Collected when they are BlackHow canna garden seeds are produced after pollination. Pictures of the different stages from the white developing seeds through to ready for harvest. How Canna Seeds Develop and Grow from Pollination to HarvestChoosing and checking Canna seeds for sowing. Planting the hard black seeds, how they grow Height of Canna Plants Short Medium Tall and Giant Growing CannasDifferent heights of Canna Plants. Will a dwarf plant grow taller. How tall can cannas grow Variegated Foliage Cannas a Range of Stripes and Block Colours on Large LeavesExotic plants with variegated foliage are the Cannas with colourful striped bright leaves. Description and pictures of these colourful garden plants. Cannas Australia SitemapUse the Sitemap to find every page listed on Cannas Australia Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cannas Australia Sitemap" Tips for Growing Cannas Where to Plant and How to For that Exotic Garden LookIdeas for Growing Cannas. Where to Plant. What position is best. Sun or Shade for these tropicals. Ideal for backyard ponds and amongst cottage gardens and watering needs The Canna Lily and Why These Plants are Called This NameWhat is a Canna Lily are Cannas a true Lilies. What do you know these garden plants as. What is the correct name Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Canna Lily and Why These Plants are Called This Name" Old Canna Breeders of These Tough Tropical Garden PlantsThe best Canna Breeders of old hybrid plants and new exotic looking cannas Permalink -- click for full blog post "Old Canna Breeders of These Tough Tropical Garden Plants" Gardening with Red Cannas the Different Types of Red Tropical FlowersTropical Red Cannas with bright and colorful garden flowers. Shades of red flowers and varieties. Names and pictures Sensational Old Canna Flamingo raised in 1895 by Dingee and Conard.As sold in 1896 Canna Flamingo. Solid crimson without a spot or blemish, has the true Gladiolus form found in no other cannas. Prints of Canna Flowers from Old Antique Pictures, Beautiful Old Garden FlowersOld antique prints of canna flowers once grown in old gardens Heirloom Canna Yellow King Humbert Plants with Variegated Flowers and LeavesAmazing Canna Yellow King Humbert. Exotic Yellow and Red Spotted and Striped Blooms. Double Variegated leaves with Dark Brown Stripes. Unusual and Fascinating Garden Plants Canna Glauca is a Yellow Flowering Species Originating from AmericaLong narrow leaves on canna Glauca are a blue green glaucous color. Pictures and description of this unusual tropical wetland plant used in breeding aquatic cannas. Canna 'Frau Gartenburg' aka Canna 'Garton Baudie'Well, it was I.D'd as the latter, but I have learned that it is correctly named 'Canna Frau Gartenburg' .. never mind, it's ONE of my 'faves'! It grew Permalink -- click for full blog post "Canna 'Frau Gartenburg' aka Canna 'Garton Baudie'" Color Shades of Yellow Cannas as Bright Colorful Garden PlantsGardening with yellow cannas plus the many different tones of soft and rich yellow for the garden My First Canna 'Find'!I didn't really know what it was .. but there, lying lost & forlorn on the pile of garden rubbish at the tip, it was! A large & brightly variegated Burgundy/Red/Bronze Permalink -- click for full blog post "My First Canna 'Find'!" Botany of a Cannas Flower the Purpose of the Colorful LabellumThe labellum on a cannas flower is a modified staminode and it’s the most colourful part on these tropical plants. Beautiful Australia Cole Cannas H- Z. Old Plants Bred by Charles F ColeGrowing the Australia Cole Cannas. Colours of these exotic plants. Old Cole Aussie hybrid gardening plants. Most Cole cultivars have green leaves. The Smallest Canna plant I Unknowingly Brought Through Mail OrderSome of the smallest canna plants that have been posted to me over the years, pictures of some tiny plants I have bought, see how little they were. Fertile Canna Seed what to Avoid and How to Select the Good OnesOnly choose fertile canna seed with no indentations on end plus what’s inside a seed, pictures of seeds cut open exposes embryo and endosperm for growth. Growing Dwarf Canna Plants Perfect for Pots or Small Flower GardensNot many true Dwarf Canna plants. How short these exotic plants grow in size. Heights and named varieties of small growing cannas. Dark leaf Canna Tropicanna Black is Like other Red Flowering CannasFamiliar Canna Tropicanna Black on trial growing with other dark leafed red flowering cannas. After two years the results are in learn what I found Australia Cole Cannas The heirloom Australian Garden PlantsThe Cole Cannas raised in Australia. Plant Names. Varieties and Pictures of these Australian Hybrids. Still widely grown as bedding plants Permalink -- click for full blog post "Australia Cole Cannas The heirloom Australian Garden Plants" Bronze Leaf Colored Red Cannas as Foliage Plants in the Graden DesignDark foliage and bronze leaf colored red cannas for pots and garden plants Tropical Plants Of Canna Valentine With Bright CeriseGarden FlowersUnusual colored canna Valentine by Herb Kelly is a medium growing plant Spectacular Garden Canna AnnjeeDrooling with deep pink and cream the beautiful Canna Annjee Permalink -- click for full blog post "Spectacular Garden Canna Annjee" Australian Canna Copicana Perennial PlantsOrange flowers of Canna Copicana distinctive and unusual garden plants and flowers Permalink -- click for full blog post "Australian Canna Copicana Perennial Plants" French Canna Madame Crozy Bronze Medal Garden PlantRaised by Antoine Crozy Canna Madame Crozy with immense flower heads bordered in gold Permalink -- click for full blog post "French Canna Madame Crozy Bronze Medal Garden Plant" Tips for Watering Cannas in Pots and as Garden PlantsWhen Watering Cannas don’t over water winter grown plants. Small plants dont need a lot of water. Established in the ground plants are water wise Permalink -- click for full blog post "Tips for Watering Cannas in Pots and as Garden Plants" Bright Canna Frau Gartenburg With Hot Tropical FlowersExciting colored canna Frau Gartenburg with red and yellow bold and bright summer flowers. A real hot looking standout in the garden. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Bright Canna Frau Gartenburg With Hot Tropical Flowers" Stamen and Parts of the flower on Cannas
The stamen on cannas is often over looked as it is generally smaller when compared to the staminodes.
Variegated Bengal Tiger Canna with Big Bold Orange BloomsStriped Bengal Tiger Canna with green and yellow leaves Permalink -- click for full blog post "Variegated Bengal Tiger Canna with Big Bold Orange Blooms" Solid Colored Orange Canna Plants and VarietiesPictures of different types of Orange Canna flowers Permalink -- click for full blog post "Solid Colored Orange Canna Plants and Varieties" Canna Star of 1891 Raised From Crozy Seed
A dwarf canna described as being able to bloom all year. Canna Star of 1891 was raised in America. The entire stock of this plant was sold for $800. In 1892 it was being sold at 75 cents each.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Canna Star of 1891 Raised From Crozy Seed" Cannas in England at Claines CannaA great site for all you canna lovers out there is Claines Canna which is near Worcester in England. This English site I have much admired over the years for their information and dedication of documenting and researching into the history of old cannas. A dedicated site well worth a look. Australian Canna RuffianRaised in Australia 2008 canna Ruffian by Bernard Yorke. Ruffian is a tall growing plant reaching 1.9 meters tall in my garden. Leaves are green, Ruffian produces 4 to 5 flowering heads per stem and produces seed.
Beautiful Pink Flowers of Tropical Perennial Cannas for the Home GardenWith exotic Pink Flowers in different shades. Pink Cannas are very popular as cottage garden flowers Old Paintings of Cannas and Pictures of Canna Plants For SaleBeautiful Paintings of Cannas and prints of canna plants plus quality floral posters for sale to buy online Found a site for all you keen GardenersJust stumbled upon a very informative site purely based on Mail-Order Gardening Resources called Cyndi's Catalog of Garden Catalogues. I do a lot of surfing online but have never stumbled upon this garden treasure before. It boasts hundreds of direct links to specialist mail order gardening catalogs from all around the world. I’m sure that you too like me will discover many specialist plant nursery resources that you never knew existed. I highly recommend taking at peek at CYNDI'S CATALOG OF GARDEN CATALOGS as it’s loaded with website specialist from pretty much every plant there is, from bulbs, aquatic plants, daylilies, heirlooms, lilies, rare perennial, seeds, the beautiful peonies, tropical plants and so much more. CANNAS and THEIR COLORFUL LABELLUMMost often the flower part with the most colorfulness on a blooming canna is the Labellum as seen on canna Annjee. The three staminodes have some cream around the edges but look how much is displayed on the labellum.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "CANNAS and THEIR COLORFUL LABELLUM" Cannas Kathys StarThe beautiful canna Kathys Star with rich tangerine orange flowers that progress through to a bright almost glary salmon pinkish tone in the sun.
This is a great little canna in the garden that can eventually grow up to 1.3 meters tall when given ample water, no idea where the name came from but I have suspect it’s an old plant with a new name, often in the heat of summer it shows yellow edging and yellow on the stamen, great plant that’s easy to grow as a dwarf if you’re on water restriction as it will stay under 70 centimetres, also good for potting for this same reason. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cannas Kathys Star" Winter in the Canna GardenWell the first heavy frost has finally arrived. Two days ago I peered out the window and behold Jack Frost had been and hit my cannas hard. Gone are their fresh green leave, they are all brown and crispy looking from the heavy frost. Well it’s been a long flowering season and a good one too. A few cannas are trying to open new flowers but with the days so overcast and cold they aren’t fully opening up. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Winter in the Canna Garden" Heirloom Crozy Cannas Stunning Garden Plants Raised in FranceDescription of old Crozy Cannas bred by Mr A Crozy. Picture of these old garden plants from the 1880s Stamen on Flowering Cannas and the Stigma on theses Colorful Tropical PlantsParts seen on tropical Flowering Cannas are the stamen stigma and anther for pollination |
