Canna ‘Shell Pink’
Synonym(s) : Pfitzers Shell Pink,Pfitzer’s Shell Pink
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: PFITZER Wilhelm
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany, Canna (Balisier) ‘Shell Pink’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured pale pink, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, 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 and pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Shell Pink’ is available from specialist growers.
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