Pink Canna
When I read Mrs. Greenthumbs, she insisted that all daylilies are orange, no matter the advances in breeding or the pretty catalog pictures. I believed her then, but I’ve since found daylilies in shades without a bit of orange in them. (Not that I have anything against orange. I adore the color.) When I found pink cannas for sale, I was a little more willing to believe that the pictured pink flower was true to life. If daylilies can be lavender, can’t a canna be pink?
You can judge for yourself. It is definitely more orange than the package picture, but you could call it pink. Perhaps “salmon” would be a more accurate description. Not that I mind – I love orange.
City of Portland Canna
You can judge for yourself. It is definitely more orange than the package picture, but you could call it pink. Perhaps “salmon” would be a more accurate description. Not that I mind – I love orange.City of Portland Canna
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posted by Kasmira at 1.8.07
15 Comments:
aha! Truth in advertsing...computer enhanced top models, cannas, what next?
The cannas are beautiful though!
Yeah, salmon for sure, but that's pretty close to pink. When Mrs. Greenthumbs wrote that about daylilies almost 15 years ago I agreed with her then too, but not now. I've never seen so many colorful daylilies as are shown now on many garden bloggers' pages!
I have some very similar canna...and I am not an orange lover. Every year I tell myself to pass them along to a few friends who would appreciate them but I forget while they're dormant and then I'm back to square one...
I've got City of Portland, too - and think it looks pinky-coral in my very alkaline-soil garden.
Twenty years ago you could get wonderful colors by ordering from daylily growers, but in the book Mrs Greenthumbs bought a mail-order assortment, not specific named daylilies... how much you want to bet that doing that now will still get mostly orange?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I planted a bag-o-canna this year and was hoping for some pink ones, but the closest I got was a coral color similar to yours. Do they come in pink?
Annie - I bought a daylily assortment, and most of them are yellow-orange, but there were a few gems in there.
Wicked - I think this is as pink as cannas get. I'm no expert, though. These are the first I've grown.
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That happens alot it seems. They all try and streach the truth and we fall for it. Several years ago I bought an iris that was said to be black. The first year I that looks black but every year since it has gotten a little more blue. Somewhere I read that it does depend on the type of soil you have as to what color the flower will be. I do beleive they were talking about iris color, so maybe it goes the same for other plants also. Thanks for sharing and Happy Garidening!!
Orange? Pink? Whatever. It's a lovely color of canna.
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Hey from Seattle. Great blog Kasmira. I also got lost surfing through your Flickr photos! Love your style and zeal for gardening.
Would love a link back, but I'm puttin' you on my site anyway!
Patrick - IHeartGardening
Ah, the elusive pink canna. They are few and far between.
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