Zulu Princess

Canna ‘Zulu Princess’

Origin SHEPPARD Marcelle
Parentage Canna ‘Rosever’ x open
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Pink
Blooming Low bloomer
Flowering July/August/September/October/Until frosts
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘Zulu Princess’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; flowers are open, rose-red streaked with burnt-red, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, flowers in July until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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.