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Canna ‘Pink Silk’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Slow
Origin: PERCY-LANCASTER Sydney
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Sydney Percy-Lancaster, Alipore Cannas, India, Canna (Balisier) ‘Pink Silk’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are reflexed, self-coloured pink, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, stamen is pink streaked with gold, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, 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 pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Pink Silk’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø