Rose Garden

Canna 'Rose Garden'

Canna 'Rose Garden'

(French Group)

Origin MARTINSON Don
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Good
Available Specialist

Introduced by Don Martinson, USA, Canna 'Rose Garden' is a medium sized cultivar; mid green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, upright habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured coral-pink, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, 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 long and thin, coloured white; tillering is good.

Canna 'Rose Garden' is available from specialist growers.

References

Karchesky and Harris 2006

Gorgeous seed grown canna from Thailand with two names. Delicate lovely true pink flowers with coral overtones and centers. Rich coral buds. Green leaves. Forms a tight clump. Near continuous bloom. Can be grown in-ground or aquatic. Medium height.

Originally from canna friend, Don Martinson, who named the variety 'Rose Garden' from where in Thailand this seed was collected, and again from canna friend Dennis Bishop under the name 'Thai Princess'. Don describes the two varieties as "siblings" from the same lot of seed collected in 1999 from Rose Garden, Thailand, a town along the Ta Chine River. Any differences in color may be due to differences in soil and climate.

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