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Wednesday, 9 June 2010

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'

Saturday, 3 April 2010

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.

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Canna 'Panache'


A medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; spikes of flowers are open, apricot and pink, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.

Introduced by Herb Kelly, USA. Synonym: C. 'Highwie'