Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Canna breeding new forms, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Very glad to hear that everyone enjoys the new hybrids. I will be propagating them as much as possible this coming season. It usually takes me 2 to 3 years to build up stock to release new cannas. So some of these maybe a bit of a ways off before they are in hand.

As for my garbage! I do have a ton of left over cannas that I get rid of each year. I am suppose to destroy everything that is not useful in breeding so that only the best genetics makes it to the market. I have not released any of these to the online market as of yet due to this. I also hate destroying plants even if its for my own good. I had two guys last season stop in and were interested in my garbage cannas one was working on a dinosaur creationizm museum in new port KY and the other guy was working on a new zoo in Indiana. Both guys took a lot of cannas with no names manly for foliage plants at very very cheep prices for large clumps. They were happy to get the plants and I was glad not to have to destroy them. They will not be sold to the public and will most likely be grown in the back drops of larger tropical displays. Only problem now it seems is in one years time they got enough for what they needed. I am producing much more than they are interested in taking.

Here is a pic of the garbage patch this year. I am slightly picking through it.