Jessie Dalebø

Canna ‘Jessie Dalebø’

Origin Dalebø Thor
Parentage Red Futurity x open
Height Small
Foliage Bronze
Form Upright
Flower Red
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Jessie Dalebø’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured purple with white farina; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, labellum is occasionally marked with saffron-yellow, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 pink and purple; tillering is average.

Flowers continuously in the UK from late June until the first frosts.

Canna 'Jessie Dalebö'

References

KAVB Registration

Registered by Claines Canna Collection, 2005

Canna News, 2005

A small beauty with almost black leaves, crowned by solid, deep-red, self-cleaning clusters of blooms. Flowers from late June until the first frosts.
The flowers are a deep-red, self-cleaning clusters, of a single consistent colour throughout except for the occasional touch of yellow on the labellum. Flowers continuously from late June until the first frosts. The breeding is C. ‘Red Futurity’ x open pollination. Fertile both ways.

Claines Canna Collection 2006

Summary: A small beauty with almost black leaves, crowned by solid, deep-red, self-cleaning clusters of blooms. Flowers from late June until the first frosts.
Size: Almost dwarf in height, prolific clumper. Height 50-75cm (19″-30″).
Flower: Deep-red, self-cleaning clusters, a single consistent colour throughout except for the occasional touch of yellow on the labellum. Flowers continuously from late June until the first frosts.
Foliage: Dark, almost black.
Origin: Hybridised by Claines Canna Collection, Worcester, England, EU.