Showing posts with label Podggora Gardens. Show all posts
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Saturday, 9 May 2009

Canna 'Joseph Bischau'


A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; triangular stems, coloured green + purple; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured rose, staminodes are narrow, 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 and pink; tillering is average.

Our specimen at Claines Canna originated from Sonja Mrsich, Podgora Gardens, North Island, New Zealand.

Sunday, 31 August 2008

Revisiting Canna 'Molly Guy'


A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, lanceolate shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; triangular stems, coloured purple; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are large; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple.

Introduced by Podgora Gardens, New Zealand. Synonym: C. 'Polly Gay'