Maudie Malcolm

Canna 'Maudie Malcolm'

(French Group)

 

Origin Ty Ty Nursery

Parentage Rosenkavalier x open

Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm

Foliage Green

Form Spreading

Flower Pink

Blooming Average bloomer

Flowering Summer to frosts

Available Specialist

Introduced by Ty Ty Nursery, USA, Canna 'Maudie Malcolm' is a medium sized cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured cerise-pink, throat ivory, staminodes are large, edges frilled, petals red, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in 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 white and pink.

Canna 'Maudie Malcolm' is available from specialist growers; breeding is Rosenkavalier x open.

This cultivar was introduced by Patrick Malcolm of Ty Ty Plantations, in the South of the USA.

References

Aaron’s Bulb Farm Internet October, 2000

This was developed as an hybridized seedling of the classic old variety ‘Der Rosenkavalier’. Its long lasting porcelain pink blossoms have clean habits, the old ones falling free and leaving the new cluster looking fresh. Prolific, with rapidly spreading rhizomes, and roots hardy enough to take temperatures down to zero. The four-foot stalks bloom continuously from early spring until frost. This plant was listed as the greatest plant in the Jan. 87 issue of Flower and Garden. Price $39.00

Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas

(M) Rich cerise-pink flowers are quite rounded with very delicately frilled edges to the petals. The flower centre is ivory and the reverse of the petals is almost white. It is reasonably compact and has a self-cleaning habit. Available in the USA, having been developed as a seedling from ‘Rosenkavalier’ by Patrick Malcolm of TyTy.

Claines Canna Collection 2006

Summary: A medium sized plant with green foliage and rich cerise-pink flowers. Size: 1.2m (4') Flower: Rich cerise-pink flowers are quite rounded with very delicately frilled edges to the petals. The flower centre is ivory and the reverse of the petal is almost white. It is reasonably compact and has a self-cleaning habit. Foliage: Green leaves. Origin: A seedling from Canna 'Rosenkavalier' by Patrick Malcolm of TyTy. 

Aaron’s Bulb Farm Internet October, 2007

Maudie Malcolm - 4ft. This hybrid canna resulted from a backcross of “Pride of India”, and the lavender flowers appear a full month before any other hybrid, and then continue until December frosts in South Georgia. Many canna growers consider this hybrid to be the best of all, and its introduction as the “greatest” appeared in the Jan 1987 issue of Flower And Garden magazine.

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