Welcome to Karchesky Canna Blog


We grow our cannas cold climate Pennsylvania USA zone 6/5 at a higher elevation and where winters are cold but summers can be quite warm. Cannas grow very well here from May through October until frost takes them around Halloween.
Our naturally rich Appalachian soil well amended with organic compost and our area's warm sultry summers lend to excellent yields each season.

Cannas are tropical plants that can be grown very well in many non-tropical parts of the world. Cannas are grown in summer in every state of the USA with their unsurpassed beauty enjoyed in both warm and cooler climates.

Our Canna Blog features our own gorgeous cannas
as well as many older and heirloom varieties we also grow.

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Our Current Growing Collection

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Showing posts with label USA 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA 2011. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2011

canna 'Mademoiselle'

canna 'Mademoiselle'

Large flowered canna 'Mademoiselle' changes colours with temperatures and seasons. Full blooms are apricot, to pink, to apricot pink, Large dark chocolate leaves with olive. Very lovely. Shorter height to about 50".
Alice Harris, USA 2011



Friday, August 26, 2011

canna 'Princess'

Named in honour of our youngest Daughter, gorgeous canna 'Princess' offers large white blooms with the petal face heavily overlaid in pink splotching while the reverse remains white. Deeper green pointed spooned leaves. Height 3-4 ft. Demure, delicate and extra lovely.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011



Friday, March 25, 2011

canna 'Transvaal'

Canna 'Transvaal' offers bi-colour rich golden blooms with rich raspberry red centers that bleed onto the petals to at times almost obliterate the gold. Medium bluish green leaves with white margins. Medium height to about 55"
Alice Harris, USA 2011


Thursday, October 21, 2010

canna 'Black Jaspar'

Canna 'Black Jaspar' offers large deep red blooms held above large dark spooned leaves with red purple midribs. Medium height to about 40". Very showy and pretty canna :)
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011

Friday, October 15, 2010

canna 'Burnt Opal'

Canna 'Burnt Opal' offers large blooms in varying shades of opal.
Dark stems, bud stems, and large dark leaves. Height to about 50" A true beauty.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011

Friday, October 1, 2010

canna 'Rose Quartz'

Canna 'Rose Quartz' offers large rose quartz blooms with golden centers and gold trimming at the petal edges. Bluish green leaves. Shorter medium height to about 50".
Hybridizer: Alice Harris USA 2011

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

canna 'Pompadour'

Canna 'Pompadour' boasts extra large rich deep rose pink blooms that are darker at the center. Dusky black stems and bud stems with hot pink buds. Crinkled green leaves with red margins. Shorter medium height to about 40". Very pretty unusual canna.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011

Sunday, September 5, 2010

canna 'Flambé'

Large structured foliage canna 'Flambe' has large leaves in varying shades of maroon green. New leaves emerge near chartreuse with dark maroon veins and hot red midribs and margins. Stand out colours and size. Very showy. Small reddish blooms are favoured by hummingbirds. Height to about 10'. Excellent for specimen plantings and screening.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011


Friday, September 3, 2010

canna 'Stars and Stripes'

Bright and showy canna 'Stars and Stripes' boasts crimson red blooms with yellow at the center radiating onto the petals. Darker green leaves. Medium height to about 50".
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA, 2011

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

canna 'Peach Butterflies'

Canna 'Peach Butterflies' offers apricot peach shades of wide open trumpet shaped blooms that bloom up the stem with many many blooms to each flower head. Large green leaves. Heavy bloomer with multiple flower heads open at once. Hummingbird attractive. Height to about 72" Grows well used as a bedding plant or as an aquatic. Part of the ® Butterfly Canna Series. Sister canna to 'Pink Butterflies', 'Yellow Butterflies', 'White Butterflies', and 'Rose Butterflies'.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA, 2011

Saturday, August 21, 2010

canna musafolia 'Grande'

Canna musafolia 'Grande' is very large structured species type canna that performs well as an ornamental. Huge dark green maroon edged leaves, dark maroon stems, and smaller size red blooms. Tall height to about 12' here :) Excellent for hummingbirds, specimen and screen plantings, or just making a strong statement in the garden!
Origin: Herb Kelly, USA






Friday, August 20, 2010

canna 'Yellow Butterflies'

Canna 'Yellow Butterflies' offers lovely wide open bright yellow blooms with rose red at the center that bloom up the stem and are held high above rich green foliage. Hummingbirds (and occasionally butterflies, too) love this canna. Medium height to about 5'. Can be grown as an aquatic, also. Part of the ®Butterfly Canna Series. Sister canna to 'Pink Butterflies', 'Yellow Butterflies', 'White Butterflies', and 'Rose Butterflies'.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

canna 'Shamrock White'

Canna 'Shamrock White' offers large pure white ruffled blooms with slight pink freckling at the labellum. Shamrock green leaves. Shorter medium height. Very pretty.
Dave Karchesky, USA 2011

Monday, August 2, 2010

canna 'Bejeweled'

Canna 'Bejeweled' boasts large bi-coloured hot orange blooms with golden centers and margins, and spotted all over in deeper orange. Very pretty, different, and striking canna. Deeper green leaves. Medium height.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011


Tuesday, July 13, 2010

canna 'Femme Fatale'

Canna 'Femme Fatale' is a gorgeous bright and showy canna with rich gold spotted and edged hot fuschia pink blooms. Bright green leaves. Shorter medium height to about 50"
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2011