Showing posts with label Calimero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calimero. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Canna 'Calimero'


A small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are yellow with orange-red blotches, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
Introduced by Ernest Turc, Angers, France, EU.

Sunday, 22 February 2009

Revisiting Canna 'Calimero'


A small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are yellow with orange-red blotches, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by Ernest Turc, Angers, France, EU.