Saturday 10 July 2010

Canna 'Party Piece'

Canna 'Party Piece' is a small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; spikes of flowers are open, yellow-orange with a narrow gold margin, staminodes are large, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by Malcolm Dalebö, Claines Canna Collection, Worcester, England, EU in 2008. The breeding is Canna 'Louis Cottin' x open. Once again, Louis Cottin has proved to be a great seed parent.

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