Why Grow Cannas From Seed?
Growing cannas from seed is a fun and rewarding garden project. Cannas grown from rhizomes are clones of the parent plant. In order to get new canna varieties, they must come from seed. Each seed is a new roll of the genetic dice. Some seedlings will resemble their seed pod parent, yet be different in subtle ways. Other seedlings will be a complete surprise. Hummingbirds and other pollinators have been at work. Growing the seedlings to maturity and watching for desireable traits is called “seedling selection”.
