Canna ‘Champion (2)’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: TURC Ernest
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Ernest Turc Nursery, Angers, France, Canna (Balisier) ‘Champion (2)’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval-acuminate shaped, acute apex, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, salmon and rose-red, throat gold markings, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, labellum is gold, 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 globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Champion (2)’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø