Canna Maui Punch! This plant is beautiful! It has a yellow flower with these red orange spots all over the petals. They are the sprinkles on the cupcake that is this flower. It has a self shedding flower which means it drops any dead flowers so your bouquet will always look lovely. So here we […]
I love taking walks in the woods and seeing what beauties await me! Today I am walking around “The Farm” as we have always called it. We haven’t had any animals, except for dogs, on the “The Farm” since I was in diapers. We are walking at my parents place. These are the hills that […]
Cannas are one of my personal favorite plants groups. They are striking in the garden with beautiful flowers in a wide range of colors and bold foliage. Over the years cannas come in and out of popularity and availability. In the 1700’s and 1800’s only the well off Europeans were growing cannas in their gardens. […]
Colocasia gigantea It seems I need to add to this post. Colocasia Gigantea is now known by science as Leucocasia gigantea. It has been removed from the Colocasia group into it’s own section. Colocasia Gigantea (Thailand Strain) is a unique and large growing plant in the Araceae family (commonly called Aroids). The family consist of […]
Colocasia Maximus Gigantes is one of a few new hybrids recently released in the Gigantes Series. This series is focused on a new type of Colocasia, they are an inter-genetic hybrid crossed with Leucocasia gigantea (Colocasia Gigantea Thailand Giant). These hybrids tend to be larger and more robust than regular Colocasia they also tend to […]
Colocasia “Black Ripple” PP26,151 is one of most exciting hybrids to come out of our breeding program. The plants are vigorous and tight growing, which makes it very useful in every part of the garden from mass plantings to single plants in containers. The leaves of Colocasia “Black Ripple” PP26,151are very dark and contrast well […]