Canna 'Ambassadour'

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Height: medium
Flower: white
Foliage: green
 

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured white, staminodes are medium size, edges lightly frilled, labellum is pale pink markings, stamen is cream with pale pink markings, petals green, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer; 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.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Plant Introductions, Robert J. Armstrong Geneticist Longwood Gardens 1967-1999.

Synonym: C. 'Cream'

 
Accession: Date: Details:
116 11 June 2003 Typical specimen, lost over winter 2004
305 11 June 2004 Typical specimen. Died spring 2005
410 01 December 2004 Died winter 2004/5
604 28 November 2005
816 15 July 2006
316 24 June 2004 Died winter 2004/5

Updated  30/12/2007