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Canna ‘Zulu Princess’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Series : [Zulu Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Low bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Breeding: Canna ‘Rosever’ x open
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Zulu Princess’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple + farina; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple + farina; clusters of flowers are open, rose-red streaked with burnt-red, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, low 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 pink and purple; tillering is slow.
A member of the Zulu Series series, Canna ‘Zulu Princess’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna ‘Rosever’ x open.
Thor Dalebø