A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured white, staminodes are medium size, edges lightly frilled, labellum is pale pink markings, stamen is cream with pale pink markings, petals green, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer; 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.
Always has that tightly coiled stamen. Synonym: C. 'Cream'
The leaves on this particular canna are attractive and tropical-looking.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest, when photographing a canna flower, that a leaf be cut off and placed behind the flower, to showcase both the bloom and the leave characteristics. Some of us are as concerned with the leaf as the flower.
Don Voss in St. Charles, Missouri, USA