Puck

Canna 'Puck'

Canna 'Puck'

syn Jasmine

(Premier Group)

Origin PFITZER Wilhelm

Parentage unknown

Height Small, under 3ft/90cm

Foliage Green

Form Branching

Flower Yellow

Blooming Good bloomer

Flowering Late spring to frosts

Tillering Average

Available Specialist

Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany in 1950, Canna 'Puck' is a small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, pale yellow with pale-purple spots, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late spring 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 average.

Canna 'Puck' is available from specialist growers.

References

Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1957

Puck. Große Blütendolden großer Einzelblumen von kanariengelber Farbe. Straffer Wuchs, hellgrünes Laub, sehr reichblühend, Höhe 50 bis 60 cm. === Puck. Large umbels of large single flowers of canary yellow Colour. Tight growth, light green foliage, very free flowering, height 50 to 60 cm.

Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000

Flowers mimosa-yellow, vaguely spotted purple. Leaves green Med

Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas

(S) The medium-sized, frilled flowers are pale primrose-yellow with faint purple spots. It is a genuine dwarf plant, although the grey-green foliage is a little heavy and the flowers tend to nestle too tightly into the leaves. It is useful for front of the border or for planters. Fairly available but not particularly desirable.

French Grown Stock

0.7m. Green foliage. Flowers sulphur yellow, rose amber markings.

KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004

W. Pfitzer, 1950; flowers mimosa-yellow (RHS 8B fading into 8D), vaguely spotted purple, leaves green, height up to 80 cm.

Claines Canna Collection 2006

Summary: This dwarf canna is a cheeky little fellow with its frilled, pale-primrose flowers peeping through the grey-green foliage. Size: 40-60cm (1'4"-1'10") Flower: Frilled flowers are pale primrose-yellow with faint purple spots. Foliage: Grey-green foliage. 

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