''Canna'' 'Pringle Bay' is a miniature Italian and variegated group
canna cultivar; variegated foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; flowers are open, self-coloured pink,
staminode
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s are large; fertile both ways, not true to type, not self-pollinating; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple. Its main attraction is the bright variegated foliage, green, bronze and pink. Only about 40 cm in height.
Terence Bloch introduced it from
South Africa
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and named it 'Pringle Bay', after where it originated from in that country. Somewhat mysteriously, the name 'Pink Sunburst' now seems to be the preferred name, but the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants stipulates that this is simply a synonym of the original name.
Synonyms
* ''Canna'' 'Pink Sunburst'
* ''Canna'' 'Technicolor'
Gallery
Image:Canna PringleBay 01.jpg
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See also
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Canna
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List of Canna cultivars
This list of ''Canna'' cultivars is a gallery of named cultivars of plants in the genus '' Canna'' that are representative of the various ''Canna'' cultivar groups (i.e., groups of very similar cultivars).
Names of cultivars conform to the rules ...
References
* Cooke, I - The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas, Timber Press 2001
Cannaceae
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