Canna 'Gold Mine'

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured gold, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.

Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA in 1989. Canna 'Gold Mine' does not have spots, just a gold color that doesn't fade. Mrs Sheppard confirmed that this one just came up in a Canna bed, and she had no idea what the parentage might be.

Introducing Canna 'Red Ribbons'

A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured burnt-red, staminodes are narrow, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple.

Introduced by Mrs Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA in 1995.

Mrs Sheppard requests assistance

Mrs Marcelle Sheppard, one our veteran Canna breeders, has requested that if you grow any of her Canna introductions please contact her, as several were lost and she would like to be reunited with them and to see them growing again in her garden.

Mrs Sheppard can be contacted at marcellescrinums@aol.com.

A list of the Canna cultivars introduced by Mrs Sheppard is as follows:

· Blushing Beauty

· Brocade

· Chinese Lantern

· Colortime

· Cremora

· Fantastic Red

· Gold Mine

· Heart Throb

· Honeycomb

· Lemonade

· Lunar Light

· New Dawn

· New Day

· New Era

· New Horizon

· New Sensation

· Orange Chiffon

· Orange County Texas

· Orange Delight

· Pale Beauty

· Peaches N Cream

· Pink Lace

· Phalia

· Porcelana

· Pretty Butterfly

· Pygmy Flame

· Red Ribbons

· Rose Beauty

· Rose Ribbons

· Scarlet Fever

· Spotted Fever

· Tangerine

· Topaz

· Tropical Sunrise

· Weinsap Red

· Zulu Apricot Nector

· Zulu Good Friends

· Zulu Maiden

· Zulu Masquerade

· Zulu King

· Zulu Princess

· Zulu Queen

· Zulu Rouge

· Zulu Warrior

Revisiting Canna 'Heart Throb'

A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage; round stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, crimson with a gold margin, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules round. Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA in the 1990's.

Breaks the Canna rule of 3 staminoides and a labellum, by providing an extra staminoide. Because the staminoides are spider-like and narrow there is space for the petals to be seen and their red/yellow colours complete an unusual picture.

Grown out from seed purchased from the Geo. W. Park Seed Company, of Greenwood, South Carolina, USA. The seed was called ‘Seven Dwarf Seeds’ and presumably was seed from that little known series of Cannas

Revisiting Canna 'Tropical Sunrise'

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, orange and pink-peach , staminodes are medium size, edges ruffled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA. This is one one the latter day Canna stars, and is a definite choice for my top 10 list of Cannas.