Showing posts with label Pixie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pixie. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Canna 'Pixie'


A medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; light green foliage, ovoid shaped, white margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are erect, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Canna 'Pixie'


A medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; light green foliage, ovoid shaped, white margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are erect, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white.

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'.