Canna ‘Princess Yorke’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Good
Origin: YORKE Bernard
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Bernard Yorke, Australia, Canna (Balisier) ‘Princess Yorke’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, spreading habit; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured cerise-pink, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, good 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 good.
Canna ‘Princess Yorke’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø