Sunday 10 February 2008

Introducing Canna 'Espresso Festival'



A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured pink, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by Far East Plants, Philippines. 

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 April 2009 at 22:07

    One cool, shiny-leafed, tropical looking canna. LORDY.


    Don Voss, St. Charles, Missouri, USA

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  2. Anonymous3 April 2009 at 23:15

    Can anyone tell me where to purchase this canna in the U.S.? (other than Far East or McClure and Zimmerman, who both have poor reviews for shipping moldy or dead rhizhomes).

    Also looking for Candy Festival, Butterfly, Bananitas and Apricot Butterfly. Apricot Butterfly appears to only be available in Australia and The Netherlands, lol.

    donjvoss@gmail.com

    Thanks!
    Don Voss
    Missouri, USA

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  3. Thor Dalebö4 April 2009 at 18:49

    Hello Don,

    If I were you, then my first port of call would be Karchesky Canna in the USA. They can be reached at http://www.karcheskycanna.com/

    Regards,
    Malcolm

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  4. Don20 June 2009 at 22:05

    Hi Malcolm

    Thanks for your suggestion. I use Karchesky Canna and have received some very nice virus-free canna from them. However, this is one they do not have. I did get this one (3) from McClure and Zimmerman, but the others are at Far East Canna in the Phillipines, and they do not have a distributor here in the U.S. as yet.

    By the way - where can I get the attractive canna named after you "Dalebo". A nice distinction, I might add...

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