Canna ‘Effie Cole’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: COLE Charles
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Captain Charles Frederick Cole, Australia, Canna (Balisier) ‘Effie Cole’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, salmon with a narrow lemon margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Effie Cole’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø