Canna ‘Madame Paul Cazeneuve’
Synonym(s) : Madame Paul Caseneuve
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: CROZY Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Pierre Antoine Marie Crozy of Crozy et fil, Lyon , France in 1902, Canna (Balisier) ‘Madame Paul Cazeneuve’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured pink, throat pink with pale yellow stripes, staminodes are large, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in late 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 pink and purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Madame Paul Cazeneuve’ is available from specialist growers.
Like her kindred spirit ‘Mme. Casaneuve’ is sensual, ethereal, lovely, and rare. In his 1909 Das Geschlecht der Canna, Árpád Mühle praised her ‘luxurious’ bronze foliage and ‘large, flesh-pink’ flowers shaded with apricot and gold. Thor Dalebø