Showing posts with label Elfin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elfin. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Canna 'Elfin'



A medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are erect, salmon-red and peach, throat pale yellow, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals yellow, 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 prolific.
Introduced by Malcolm Dalebö, Claines Canna Collection, Worcester, England, EU in 2003. The plant is a sport of Canna 'Pixie'.


Saturday, 17 January 2009

Introducing Canna 'Elfin'


A medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are erect, salmon-red and peach, throat pale yellow, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals yellow, 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 prolific.

Introduced by Malcolm Dalebö, Claines Canna Collection, Worcester, England, EU in 2003. The plant is a sport of Canna 'Pixie'.

Saturday, 10 November 2007

Introducing Canna 'Leprechaun'

New introduction


A miniature Foliage Group cultivar; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, white margin, upright habit; spikes of flowers are scarlet and orange-red, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is scarlet and rose-red, style is scarlet, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is slow. Introduced by Malcolm Dalebö, Claines Canna Collection, Worcester, England, EU in 2008. The breeding is C. 'Elfin' x C. 'Wye'