Sunday 16 November 2008

Visiting Canna 'Margaret Strange'


A medium sized Premier Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are medium size; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.

Introduced by James Ranger, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, EU, in memory of a member of the local gardening community.

I always think that there is no nicer way for a gardener to be remembered than by having a new cultivar named after them.

1 comment:

  1. This is named after my Grandmother and im very interested in finding a specimen to cultivate myself. If anyone can help me please send me an email to danderell@btinterent.com

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