Canna ‘Maudie Malcolm’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Origin: Ty Ty Nursery
Breeding: Rosenkavalier x open
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Ty Ty Nursery, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Maudie Malcolm’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured cerise-pink, throat ivory, staminodes are large, edges frilled, petals red, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink.
Canna ‘Maudie Malcolm’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Rosenkavalier x open.
Said to be a seedling of Canna ‘Rosenkavalier’, the great pink from Wilhelm Pfitzer, one of the Grand Opera Series as marketed by Wayside Gardens.Thor Dalebø