Cannas: For the Canna Tyros - How to Grow Canna From Seeds, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Most cannas were like daylilys most produce small flowers and were not extremely attractive compared to the huge flowering hybrids of today. Here is a pic of a seedling off of species indica. This is were most of the reds yellows and spotted genes came from. Other forms like Canna warszewiczii is were pinks and dark leaves have shown up. The larger petal forms seem to mainly come from the species Canna flaccida which is most likely what was used in most earlier hybrids. Their were a few species that seemed to have dropped of the planet that were rarely if ever used. These are some that I hope to do more work with.