2007 Summer Catalogue December 7 2006.indd - Brent and ...

CALADIUM, CONTINUED
humboldtii – tiny leaves,
precious but tough;
smashing as a border
plant for the shade garden
but also as a pot
plant especially with
Oxalis triangularis; 2”-
5”.
#60-25
5/$11 25/$38
Calad. ‘Interior Ministry’
King Naga - (Va Su
Gree) small pink, strap
leaved cultivar outlined
with darker colorations;
very interesting formation.
#60-32
5/$28 25/$97
Caladium ‘Lucky Purple’
Rich Fields - (Toung
Sate Tee) a very unusual
bronzy/brown,
almost black color, the
color of rich soil; would
be a knockout with light
colors surrounding it.
#60-34
5/$28 25/$97
Caladium ‘Shining Red’
Thai Beauty - spectacular
3”-6” heart
shaped leaves; about
1/2 are colored and
the other half are
green; very variable,
but a real beauty; 8”-
18”.
#60-27
5/$16 25/$56
Caladium humboldtii’
Interior Ministry -
(Ma Had Thai) firely
orangy/red with rounded,
heart-shaped leaves
with dark veins and variable
markings.
#60-31
5/$28 25/$97
Caladium ‘King Naga’
Lucky Purple - (Moung
Mong Kol) beautiful,
rounded leaves decorated
with pinkish purple colorations,
that are darker
around the edges and
pinker towards the center.
#60-33
5/$28 25/$97
Caladium ‘Rich Fields’
Shining Red - (Soi
Saeng Daeng) true ‘elephant-ear‛
shape to its
glowing red leaves; great
for hot colored garden or
the Patriotic Garden.
#60-35
5/$28 25/$97
Caladium ‘Thai Beauty’
Yellow Blossom - (Leung
Pa Li Chart) yellowish
leaves with magenta/red
veins and pinkish spots;
really different.
#60-36
5/$28 25/$97
Calad. ‘Yellow Palace’
Yellow Palace -
(Leung Jit Lad Da)
rounded, heart-shaped
chartreuse leave with
pinkish irregular markings.
#60-37
5/$28 25/$97
CANNA (KAN-ah)
Family: Cannaceae
Special Feature: Spectacular leaves
Nickname: Indian Shot-‘Big Bang for Your Buck‛!
BULB COMPANIONS: DAHLIA; LIATRIS; EREMURUS; CROCOSMIA;
ZANTEDESCHIA; COLOCASIA; ALOCASIA; HEDYCHIUM
OTHER COMPANIONS: CASTOR BEAN; ORNAMENTAL GRASS;
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN; ZINNIA; MARIGOLD; SALVIA; CELOSIA;
KNIPHOFIA; BRONZE FENNEL; YUCCA
Big, bold and colorful, with heights
ranging from 2‛-10‛, the Canna is one of the most
versatile and cost effective perennials for the
southern garden. They flower in the heat of
mid-late summer when many other plants give out.
These lush plants, reminiscent of the banana, give
areas of the garden the mysterious and romantic
feeling of the tropics, while they actually take on
the role of the summer garden ‘bones‛ and backdrop.
The smaller cultivars, however, fit in nicely
in the middle of the garden among other perennials
and are excellent centerpieces for patio planters.
With lance-shaped leaves of green, burgundy
and even multicolored stripes along with flowers
of bright red, yellow, coral and multi-colors, the
possibilities are endless as to where and with what
combinations cannas can be planted. Responding
to ample moisture, full light and rich soil, they
are even happy planted in a pot submerged in a
pond; they can be considered ‘cut and come again
plants, if their leaves become damaged during the
growing season; Grade #1 tuberous rootstocks;
plant 10”-18” apart; zones 7-10; treat as an annual
or container plant, starting indoors with bottom
heat in zones 3-6 because they hate cool soil!
(Note: ‘self-cleaning‛ =
dropping spent flowers
w/o assistance.)
Canna ‘Australia’
Black Knight – incredible
mid-sized 3‛-4‛ canna;
its almost black/green
lance-shaped leaves give
the illusion of a shadow
to an otherwise sunny
garden; deep scarlet
flowers; 1906.
#61-03 1/$2
5/$7 25/$33
CANNA
Calad. ‘Yellow Blossom’
†Australia – (see pg 31B)
darkest and glossiest
leaves of all; 3‛-4‛ tall;
tissue culture starts.
#61-41
1/$11 5/$38
Canna ‘Black Knight’
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