Canna ‘Marjorie Cole’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Good
Origin: COLE Charles
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Captain Charles Frederick Cole, Australia, Canna (Balisier) ‘Marjorie Cole’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; clusters of flowers are open, rose with a salmon blush, throat cream rayed with salmon, staminodes are medium size, edges ruffled, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in 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 and pink; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Marjorie Cole’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø