Looking for Canna x ehemanii and/or C iridiflora

Joe G via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:58:36 PST
I had been looking for Canna x ehemanii since I first saw it (in a Martyn &
Rix guide?) as a kid. Bought one from Old House Gardens last year, arrived
as a healthy division with plenty of growing points. Plant tragically died
back to the roots when we had a combination power outage & deep freeze in
October, days shy of its first flowering. Hoping to give it a stronger
start this year - it grew faster than I could pot it up!

If it's the shape of the inflorescence that intrigues you, Canna 'Orange
Punch' and Canna 'Lemon Punch' apparently have the same flower form from C.
iridiflora/C
 x ehemanii genetics. I'd love to know if there are others.

Is C.x ehemanii a synonym for C. iridiflora?

-joe on the VA-TN border, where a clump of dark-flowered Crocus
tomassinianus showed up today among the thousands I'm dividing and
transplanting into the cemetery.

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 3:42 PM Nicholas Plummer via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> Old House Gardens lists Canna x Ehemanii for sale
> https://oldhousegardens.com/
>
> Nick
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 2:49 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs <
> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
>
> > The ground here in western New Jersey is still covered with snow, now
> > glazed with ice. The sun is shining. I went in the basement where
> > dormant pots of bulbs are stored. Lo and behold, Eucomis pole-evansii
> > has sprouted! But this year I caught it at only a couple of inches tall
> > with tightly furled shoots rather than expanded floppy leaves.
> >
> > What does this have to do with cannas? Not much except A) It is March
> > and B) I have faith that spring will come.
> >
> > I like cannas because up until last year the deer did not eat them. I
> > have C. musaefolia, C. flaccida 'Purpurea', C. 'Tropicana', C. 'Bengal
> > Tiger' (unless it is C. 'Tropicana'.) Used to have C. 'Stuttgart' but
> > gave up on it - it sunburned so easily.
> >
> > The flowering of CC x ehemanii and iridiflora intrigues me. A quick
> > Google show nothing apparently for sale. Can anyone suggest a source, or
> > have any to share?
> >
> > Judy
> >
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