Zulu Best Friends

Canna 'Zulu Best Friends'

(French Group) 

[Zulu Series]
Origin SHEPPARD Marcelle
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Dark
Form Spreading
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Good
Available Specialist

Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA in 2005, Canna 'Zulu Best Friends' is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, spreading habit; flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good 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 purple; tillering is good.

A member of the Zulu Series, Canna 'Zulu Best Friends' is available from specialist growers.

Mrs Marcelle Sheppard

On 4 July 2005, Mrs Marcelle Sheppard visited her best friend Mrs Margie Brown, and between them they decided on names for two of Mrs Sheppard's recent canna hybrids. The first is green leafed, with long scapes of orange blossoms, practically ever-blooming, and this will be called Canna 'Orange County, Texas'. This is in recognition of Marcelles'own home county, and the second which has good red foliage, with red flowers is to be named Canna 'Zulu Best Friends'. The latter name is in recognition of their own long and trusted friendship.

References

Canna News, 2005
Marcelle Sheppard names two new cultivars 4 July 2005 Today, Mrs Marcelle Sheppard visited her best friend Margie Brown and between them they decided on names for two of Mrs Sheppard's recent canna hybrids. The first is green leafed, with long scapes of orange blossoms, practically ever-blooming, and this will be called Canna 'Orange County, Texas'. The second which is has good red foliage, with red flowers is to be named Canna 'Zulu Best Friends'.