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Canna ‘Zulu Masquerade’
Group(s): Italian Group, Sport Group
Series : [Zulu Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Arching
Tillering: Average
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Breeding: Cleopatra mutation
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Zulu Masquerade’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, arching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple + farina; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple + farina; flowers are open, scarlet with a gold margin, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
A member of the Zulu Series series, Canna ‘Zulu Masquerade’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Cleopatra mutation.
Thor Dalebø