Heirloom Canna Bulbs
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| These spring-planted bulbs will ship in APRIL 2009. |
WHY CANNAS? Lush and exotic, cannas bring a touch of paradise to any garden, and after decades of scorn they’re rebounding back into vogue. HISTORY — Cannas were a huge hit in late-Victorian days, and cottage-garden artist Gertrude Jekyll praised them for “the handsomest foliage in the border.” TIPS — Cannas are easy! They love water, sun, and fertilizer. Gardeners everywhere enjoy them as annuals, and they’re hardy in zones 8-11. FOR MORE on canna history, care, and resources click here. |
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Add an invigorating splash of the tropics to your own backyard! We’ll send 5 easy, great antiques: harlequin ‘Cleopatra’, dusky ‘Wyoming’, little red ‘Firebird’, sunny ‘Richard Wallace’, and leopard-spotted ‘Florence Vaughn’. For 2, 3, or more of each variety, order additional samplers. |
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It’s not just red, it’s EXQUISITE! We shivered with pleasure when ‘Assaut’ (say “Ah-SO”) first bloomed here. Its leaves are bluish-bronze and its voluptuous flowers are a pure, dark, luscious crimson that positively glows. Try one and we bet you’ll never scorn red cannas again! 4-6 feet, from Missouri. Chart to compare. |
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A harmony of green and gold, jaunty little ‘Bangkok’ has pin-striped leaves, wine-red buds, and sunny yellow, white-striped flowers. A Wikipedia article claims it came from Thailand in 1923 as ‘Tinacria Variegata’, and we’re working to verify that. A.k.a. ‘Striped Beauty’, ‘Nirvana’, ‘Minerva’, and ‘Christ’s Light’. 3-4 feet, from Oklahoma. |
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Most petals of this “Harlequin Canna” are yellow dotted with red, but some are all red or divided right down the middle, half yellow, half red. Its green leaves often show a stripe or two of bronze, too. Every day it’s a new surprise! Documented in California nurseries by 1895. 3-5 feet, from Oklahoma. Chart to compare. |
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Graceful, spectacular, and DIFFERENT, this landmark canna is topped by arching sprays of dangling, bell-shaped, deep rose flowers like over-sized fuchsias. Widely praised in the 1880s and 90s, it all but disappeared in the 20th century, but now cutting-edge gardeners are raving about it again. Order early – we have very few! 5-7 feet, green leaves, from Texas. Chart to compare. |
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Like molten lava or the feathers of some exotic bird, the broad blossoms of ‘En Avant’ (“Forward!”) are brightly speckled with fiery orange-red dots. “One of the best,” says expert Ian Cooke. Plant it where you can enjoy it up close! Green leaves, 4-6 feet, from France. Chart to compare. |
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This painted lady is flamboyantly splashed and leopard-spotted in true Victorian style. Its identity is confused — it matches the International Checklist but not old catalogs, and some call it ‘Mme. Crozy’ or ‘Yellow King Humbert’. All we can say for sure is that it’s old and wonderful! Green leaves, 4-6 feet, from Oklahoma. |
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Beloved by hummigbirds, this wild “Canna of the Indies” was the first to reach Europe from the New World. Not too tall, with exuberant, emerald green foliage and flowers like tiny tongues of flame, it’s refreshingly different for your perennial garden or a big, bold pot. 3-5 feet, from the UK National Collection and now Missouri. Chart to compare. |
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The subtle beauty of this French classic eludes our camera. It’s not orange but a soft gold, apricot, and pink, like a summer sunrise, enhanced by olive-bronze foliage that one enraptured fan calls “pearly and mysterious.” 3-5 feet, from France. Chart to compare. |
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