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Canna ‘Bittersweet’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: Quality Gladiolus Gardens
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Quality Gladiolus Gardens, Arkansas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Bittersweet’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, large, elliptical shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, 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 pink and purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Bittersweet’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø