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| Canna 'Wine'n Roses' |
Origin Quality Gladiolus Gardens
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Dark
Form Spreading
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Slow
Available Specialist
Introduced by Quality Gladiolus Gardens, Arkansas, USA, Canna 'Wine'n Roses' is a medium sized cultivar; dark foliage, oblong shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured rose, throat yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, style is yellow, petals purple with farina, 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 pink and purple; tillering is slow.
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| Canna 'Wine'n Roses' |
References
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) This cultivar bears a similarity to ‘Red Wine’. Blossoms are large and coloured a deep rose-red over dark burgundy foliage. From specialist nurseries, and at present generally only in he USA.
Quality Gladiolus Gardens
Huge blossoms of deep rose on beautiful burgundy ovate leaves. Flowers are nested in the very tip of the 3 to 3·5 foot plants.
Hart Canna, 2003, Internet January 2003
Recent American variety. Medium height. Bronze foliage. Pale rose-pink flowers with a darker centre. £8.00 for pack of 3 rhizomes.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: Ovate burgundy leaves, tinted with green, topped by huge deep rose blossoms, crimpled petals, and a touch of yellow in the throat.
Size: Medium height.
Flower: Hugh deep rose blossoms, crimpled petals, touch of yellow in the throat.
Foliage: Ovate burgundy leaves, tinted with green.
Origin: Hybridised by Kent Kelly, Quality Gladiolus. Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
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