Canna 'Jessie Dalebø'
(French Group)
Origin DALEBØ Thor
Parentage Red Futurity x open
Height Small, under 3ft/90cm
Foliage Dark
Form Upright
Flower Red
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Available Specialist
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France in 2003, Canna 'Jessie Dalebø' is a small cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, 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, flowers in early summer until frosts, 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.
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.
Pod parent C. 'Red Futurity', open pollination.
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