Marcelle's Canna Hybrids
(great companion plants for Crinums)
Over the years Marcelle Sheppard has hybridized a number of winning Cannas. One of the most exciting to look at is ‘Zulu Rouge’ with its dark (almost brown-black) foliage and bright red flowers.
Marcelle Sheppard has been busy over the years with Crinum breeding. However, somewhere along the line she found time to hybridize Cannas and produced numerous hybrids, many of which were distributed over the years by Herb Kelly Jr. The table below lists her Canna introductions and their genetic provenance.
CANNA NAME |
GENETIC BACKGROUND |
BLUSHING BEAUTY |
Confetti X Chinese Coral |
BROCADE |
Parks Opera Seeds |
CHINESE LANTERN |
Color Clown |
COLORTIME |
Color Clown |
CREMORA |
Eureka X Confetti |
FANTASTIC RED |
Parks Opera Seeds* |
GOLD MINE |
Came up in bed? |
HEART THROB |
Parks Seven Dwarf Seeds |
HONEYCOMB |
Unknown* |
LEMONADE |
Confetti* |
LUNAR LIGHT |
Color Clown* |
NEW DAWN |
Parks Opera Seeds |
NEW DAY |
Parks Opera Seeds* |
NEW ERA |
Parks Opera Seeds |
NEW HORIZON |
Unknown |
NEW SENSATION |
Unknown |
ORANGE CHIFFON |
Unknown |
ORANGE COUNTY TEXAS |
Clown Color |
ORANGE DELIGHT |
Unknown* |
PALE BEAUTY |
Unknown* |
PEACHES N CREAM |
Parks Seven Dwarf Seeds |
PINK LACE |
Unknown* |
PHALIA |
Eureka X Confetti |
PORCELANA |
Chinese Coral |
PRETTY BUTTERFLY |
Green-leafed from my Red Leafed seedlings* |
PYGMY FLAME |
Unknown landscape small flowered red* |
RED RIBBONS |
Unknown* |
ROSE BEAUTY- |
Green LeafedRosever* |
ROSE RIBBONS |
Seedling from One of the Opera Cannas |
SCARLET FEVER |
Confetti* |
SPOTTED FEVER |
Only seedling from the other Confetti which was so pretty |
TANGERINE |
Parks Seven Dwarf Seeds |
TOPAZ |
Unknown* |
TROPICAL SUNRISE |
Unknown* |
WEINSAP RED |
Parks Seven Dwarf Seeds |
ZULU APRICOT NECTOR |
Rosever |
ZULU GOOD FRIENDS |
|
ZULU MAIDEN |
Unknown |
ZULU MASQUERADE |
Sport from Cleopatra* |
ZULU KING |
Unknown* |
ZULU PRINCESS |
Rosever |
ZULU QUEEN |
Confetti |
ZULU ROUGE |
Rosever* |
ZULU WARRIOR(Color Clown)* |
Clown Color |
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