Canna 'Evesham'
(Premier Group) 
Parentage unknown
Height Small, under 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Yellow
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Slow
Available Specialist
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France in 2010, Canna 'Evesham' is a small Premier Group cultivar; dark green foliage, large, oval and cupped shaped, acute apex, transparent margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are reflexed, orange-yellow and pale pink, staminodes are large, edges irregular, labellum is canary-yellow with saffron-yellow spots, petals green, partial self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in early 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 white; tillering is slow.
A member of the Country Life Series, Canna 'Evesham' is available from specialist growers.
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| The Round House at Evesham |
Evesham was the birthplace of my late wife Margaret, and is a market town in Worcestershire located near Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesham, an area comprising the flood plain of the River Avon, which over the centuries has been renowned for market gardening.
The town was founded around an 8th-century abbey, one of the largest in Europe, which was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century, with only Abbot Lichfield's Bell Tower remaining.
During the 13th century one of the two main battles of the Second Barons' War took place near Evesham, marking the victory of Prince Edward, who later became Edward I of England; this was the Battle of Evesham.
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