Canna ‘Mary Thumb’
Height: Miniature, under 60cm
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Early summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France, Canna (Balisier) ‘Mary Thumb’ is a miniature cultivar; mid green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, yellow speckled with carmine, staminodes are small, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; 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 slow.
Canna ‘Mary Thumb’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø