Shell Pink

Canna ‘Shell Pink’

syns Pfitzer’s Shell Pink
(Crozy Group)

Origin PFITZER Wilhelm
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Pink
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘Shell Pink’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured pale pink, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, 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 white and pink; tillering is slow.

Canna 'Shell Pink'

References

Canna Handbook, Keith Hayward. Edition 1.06. © September 2000

W Pfitzer. Large (150mm across) and well-shaped flowers which are a very pale true pink, slightly darker in the centre. Leaves green and somewhat ribbed. Medium height, to 1·5m.

Rivendell Botanic Garden, List January 2001

Soft pink flowers, green leaves, short.