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.

At the bottom of each page click 'Older' Posts' to go to the next page and scroll down to see them all.
Enjoy the cannas!!

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Our Current Growing Collection

Enjoy your stroll through our cannas!

Monday, August 30, 2010

canna 'warszewiczii'

Species canna 'warszewiczii'. Deeper green leaves with black. Deep red blooms and near black stems, midribs, andbud stems. 'warszewiczii' is thought to be the ancestor of the dark leaved cannas. Hummingbird attractive blooms. Delicate and lovely species canna. Height to about 5'.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

canna 'Dawn's Early Light'

Canna 'Dawn's Early Light' offers medium butter yellow blooms with deeper centers. Blooms are held high above the foliage.Large apple green leaves with white margins. Height to about 6 ft.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2009

Saturday, August 28, 2010

canna 'Skyhawk'

Canna 'Skyhawk' boasts smaller coral pink hummingbird attractive blooms in varying tones depending on the season. Large dark leaves and strong structure. Gorgeous canna that can grow to 12' in our zone 6. Excellent specimen, screening, naturalizing, and hummingbird canna.
Origin: Johnny K. Johnson, USA


canna 'Erebus'

Canna 'Erebus' has open delicate pink blooms held above blue green glauca type leaves.
Does equally well as a bedding or an aquatic canna. Constant bloomer. Hummingbird attractive. Height to about 5'. Very pretty canna.
Developed at Longwood Gardens in the 1970's under Robert Armstrong's breeding program.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Variegated Cannas

Study showing some of the most vividly coloured unbelievably beautiful variegated canna leaves and blooms .. 'Pink Sunburst', 'Pretoria', and Durbin.

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






canna 'Fantastic Red'

Canna 'Fantastic Red' offers a different "red" in cannas. Intense deep red blooms held above maroon black stems. Medium green leaves with pronounced red margins. Shorter medium height to about 50". Very pretty and different.
Hybridizer: Marcelle Sheppard, 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

canna 'Pink Cloud'

Gorgeous canna 'Pink Cloud' offers lovely pink wide open blooms with rounded petals and golden centers. Deeper blue green leaves. Shorter medium height to about 50". Hummingbird attractive. Very pretty.
Hybridizer: Dave Karchesky, USA

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


Sunday, August 1, 2010

canna 'Caribbean Sunset'

Canna 'Caribbean Sunset' offers striking gorgeous red blooms laced in vermilion and gold, and petals trimmed in gold. Dark green leaves with a deep red margin. Medium height to about 50". Showy pretty canna.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2010


Saturday, July 31, 2010

canna 'Risky Business'

Canna 'Risky Business' offers heavily splotched golden petals that merge to solid red at the flower center. Bloom has the depth of velvet. Very pretty. Lance shaped green leaves with white margins. Medium height to about 5. Available again later 2011.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2010


Friday, July 30, 2010

canna 'Sugar and Spice'

Delicately coloured canna 'Sugar and Spice' offers large heavily spotted creamy yellow to cream white flower heads. Large green leaves. Extra heavy bloomer. Very nice.
Height to about 5'.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

canna 'Rosever'

Lovely heirloom canna 'Rosever' offers large deep coral pink blooms and dark foliage with spooned leaves. Heavy bloomer. Shorter height to about 40"

Saturday, July 24, 2010

canna 'Polly Gay'

Canna 'Polly Gay' is a gorgeous heirloom from the offerings of Ben Hager. Velvety deep red blooms with gold spotting and margins. Blue green leaves. Unbelievably beautiful.
Many thanks to Jim Rains for us to have Polly growing here again.
Constant bloomer. Medium height to about 50".

Friday, July 23, 2010

canna 'Pacific Beauty' aka 'Semaphore'

Heirloom canna 'Pacific Beauty' offers unusually coloured hot saffron yellow blooms with hot orange centers extending into the petals. Rich olive bronze elongated leaves with maroon edges, midribs, and veining. Height to around 60". Hummingbird attractive. Also known as 'Semaphore'. Gorgeous bright coloured heirloom canna.

Friday, July 16, 2010

canna 'Candles'

Canna 'Candles' is a gorgeous canna with blooms opening deep peach apricot to age peach. Deep rose centers. Dark foliage. This canna blooms with multiple heads at once, and as one bloom head finishes, the stalk breaks to a new budstem and flower head. In the half light of sunrise and sunset, 'Candles' blooms have the appearance of glowing candles.
Shorter medium height to about 50"
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2010-11

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

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

canna 'Australia'

Beautiful and stately canna 'Australia' boasts elongated heads of bright soft tomato red iris shaped blooms. Glossy leathery deep maroon leaves are among the darkest of all canna foliage. Medium height to about 60"


Thursday, June 17, 2010

canna 'Belinda'

Canna 'Belinda' offers gorgeous large flowering multi-toned blooms continually changing in varying shades of pinks and apricots. Large deep chocolate olive leaves. Medium height to about 5'. Very beautiful.
Rebecca Rednoir, USA



Tuesday, June 8, 2010

canna 'Pink Floyd'

Canna 'Pimk Floyd' offers pure pink blooms with golden centers ans rich green leaves.
Shorter medium height to about 50". Blooms with multiple heads open at once.Hummingbird attractive and very pretty.
Dave Karchesky, USA 2010


Sunday, June 6, 2010

canna 'patens'

Canna 'patens' is an exquisite bright bi-colour red and yellow small flowering species canna with spotting at the labellum. Hummingbird attractive blooms. Bright apple green leaves. Height to about 4 ft.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

canna 'Cleopatra'

Canna 'Cleopatra' is a gorgeous heirloom random bi-colour and spotted large flowering canna with occasional maroon streaked green foliage. Medium height to about 50".
Many thanks to Randy so we could have her growing here again :)


Thursday, May 20, 2010

canna 'Chocolate Cherry'

Canna 'Chocolate Cherry' boasts wide open rich red blooms above rich chocolate foliage.
Chocolate stems, stems, and bud stems. Medium height to about 5'.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2006

canna 'Star Spangled'

Canna 'Star Spangled' boasts larger rich golden blooms heavily spotted in red to solid red at the flower center. Rich green leaves with slight spooning. Shorter height.
Very showy excellent little canna.
Hybridizer: Alice Harris, USA 2010


Monday, May 10, 2010

canna 'Wisley Dwarf'

Canna 'Wisley Dwarf' is a bright red-orange and yellow smaller flower species type canna. Bushed flower heads are held on strong wirey stems. Rich green leaves with white margins. Shorter medium height. Hummingbird attractive. Height to about 40".

Saturday, May 8, 2010

canna 'Paparazzi'

Canna 'Paparazzi' offers rich golden blooms heavily spotted in rust red. Medium green leaves have a shiny appearance. The form of this canna has a "thickness" to it's structure. Heavy bloomer. Shorter medium height to about 48".
Hybridizer: Sherry Rogers, USA


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

canna 'Rosalinda'

Gorgeous heirloom canna 'Rosalinda' offers pale yellow white blooms with rose-red centers that'bleed' onto the petals. Slight;y spooned green leaves. Shorter height to about 4 ft.
Hybridizer: Rosalinda Sarver, USA

Thursday, April 8, 2010

canna 'Chinese Coral'

Lovely heirloom canna 'Chinese Coral' offers hot coral buds that open to large delicate coral pink blooms. Large lighter bluish green leaves. Good structure. Beautiful canna.
Height to about 5'