From my crossings 2003. A few of my 2004 white seedlings.
I am happy (((o:
2004 "White" Cannas ..
Beautiful Alice!! I love white.
Such a beauty! Johnnie would be proud of you!
Congratulations Alice! Those are gorgeous!!
Wow, congrats! Those are so pretty. White makes all the other colors look brighter when they are planted with them.
Thanks (o:
Watching these open has been alot of fun. HA
I have so much necessary to occupy me this year,
seeing rewarding seedlings I hoped open has been good (o:
There are more to go, too (o:
Gloria,
Yes, you are right Johnnie would like seeing.
I will have to send her pics (o:
Thanks (o:
Alice, they are so pretty. I go to your site every once in a while and just look at beautiful cannas.
Congratulations, Alice. Isn't it rare to get pure white Cannas? Wish it was rare to get pure white brugs, lol.
Alice
This are beautiful ! Cant wait till you have them for sale.
Elva
Very nice Alice..........could we see a close up of the bloom?
I agree Cala, it takes white to make the other colors POP!!!
"eyes"
Magnificant! And you can make the cross one year, and get blooms the next? Does this require having a greenhouse and no dormant period?
Hi Alice!! Good to see you. I miss your great pics on the brug forum! I hope you are taking them and planning to delight us this winter when you are not so busy!
Are all these from seed from one flower or from one seed that was grown and then divided?
Even in Iowa, with a short growing season, I can collect seed. Plant it no earlier than Feb. 1st or they get leggy, and will have lots of bloom before the summer is over, from that seed. I love growing cannas from seed. You could easily do the same John. Now, if I could just come up with an easier way to get the tubers out of the ground in the fall. It is a big job. I'll bet Alice could give me some shortcuts to how to do a lot of things with Cannas. LOL!
Veeeeeeeeeeery nice! Good job!! Would love to see a close up of the flower when you get a chance!
It is hot, dry, and ans they are cutting the hay right now ..the Japanese Beetles are finding my cannas and messing up good photos )o:
JB like the white cannas )o:
Seedlings will be trialed awhile and evaluated to see how they do before deciding if good.
Photo is (a not so good close up) of seedling #1 ..2nd from right.
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they are beautiful!!, have you given them a name ?
Very very nice!
this is #2 .. the one at the right full photo
No names, just numbers.
These are all trial cannas at this point.
Thanks (o:
I have concentrated heaving on the 'whites'.
Can you tell I love them? LOL
LOVELY, AND BOTH SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. A PINK TINGE TO ONE AND NONE TO THE OTHER.
"eyes"
They look great Alice,is there anything you can do for the JBs? if they are those little yellow aith blck spots things,I hate them,they love Brug blooms.
Hi Alice! Hope things are well with you! Missed seeing you around.
Alice..nice white seedlings in the first pic....I use to visit Rosalind Sarver in San Marcos calif.Before she died at 90 something she was still crossing and growing cannas to get new forms.She had a white called Arctic White that was a short form that was almost pure white without yellow.Keep up the good work!!! :-)
Alice, very nice! I like the pristine look of the white.
Wow, Abutilon, they are truly gorgeous! Nice job!
Beautiful!
You are soooo good!
This one is is the 2nd from the left.
Kyle..
I have heard of Artic White. Don't have it though.
I would have like to known Mrs. Sarver. Everyone I know who knew here loved her.
Many of the white cannas have a tinge of yellow when first blooming and earlier summer. Into summer they will bloom good "white".
Root..
Japanese Beetles are 3/8" metallic brown colour beetles.
The female lands and the males come flying in. While one is busy with her, the others wait in line for a turn. And they all eat ..except the busy guy ..he can't reach to eat! Each little female and group can take a leaf down in no time.
Individuals attack the flowers more. These beetles really like the white canna flowers. I use systemics when I see, but still get some coming. So try to get those with something else. But it's hard to keep up.
Have not seen these on my brug flowers yet ..and hope NEVER!
Tracey ..
good to see you, too (o: Your brugs here are growing good.
So much to do this year, when I have gotten pix, no time to send them. I will try to do better. And will try to stay in touch better.
Kyle, your red Cleo here has done great (o:Got some good pix and will try to post soon. Also, will talk to you more soon. Seedlings are coming along (o:
Good to see everyone else, too (o:
Thanks (o:
Alice, you would have had such a great time with Rosalind.She would just phone me from Calif out of the blue and talk about plants.She was without a doubt one of the true great Plantswomen of Calif and no doubt the country.She was hailed the "Queen of Cannas" in southern Calif.She loved her plants so much.Kept her going.I named a brug (yellow) after her when she died.I gave her a brug for her office yard a couple of years before she died.She had never seen one and had daturas wild in the yard before that.She planted it next to the office door so she could enjoy the fragrance when it bloomed.Too bad the children sold off the plants and the land for a housing project shortly after she died.They had acres of cannas and tons of azaleas that they sold.She had about 49 varieties available at the end.I didn't get an arctic white.At the time it didn't impress me as much as some of her other kinds.I met her through a suggestion by a local hobbyist in San Diego.He had clumps of beautiful colored cannas and I stopped by the house ,knocked on the door and asked him where he found these colors.He told me and the friendship with her started there. :-) I miss her when I go west on vacation :-(