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Canna ‘Childsii’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: Child’s Nursery
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Child’s Nursery, USA in 1895, Canna (Balisier) ‘Childsii’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; light green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, yellow with crimson blotches, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Childsii’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø