Cannas: The holy Grail Of Cannas, 0 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
I have talked to a fellow canna breeder a few years back. He has been after breeding cannas looking for something very unique he told me of the idea of breeding this type of canna and I also took on the quest. This canna we are talking about is one with black leaves and a white flower. Something that seems to almost be unreachable. It seems everytime I breed something with a light color flower the foliage also gets lighter. I have to say it is possible after looking at all the hybrids I have seen some that get very close.

This canna might be the closest one I have yet seen. This is a seedling I grew this season and it has just started flowering. My friend has one very similar but a bit smaller grower. It is one of the best dark leaf light color flowering cannas I have seen so far.