Showing posts with label Far East Plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Far East Plants. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 June 2010

Canna 'Milk Festival'


A medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured white, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals green, 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 average.

Introduced by Far East Plants.

Monday, 1 February 2010

Canna 'Espresso Festival'



A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured pink, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning; 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 Far East Plants, Philippines. 


Thursday, 23 October 2008

Introducing Canna 'Milk Festival'


A medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured white, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals green, 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 average.

Introduced by Far East Plants.

Sunday, 10 February 2008

Introducing Canna 'Espresso Festival'



A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured pink, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning; 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 Far East Plants, Philippines.