Wednesday 27 May 2009

Canna 'Lincroft'


A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; triangular stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, yellow with cerise-pink spots, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals green, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.

Earliest reference is Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1937.

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