Canna ‘Epicure’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Georges Truffaut
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Georges Truffaut Nursery, France in 1949, Canna (Balisier) ‘Epicure’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; foliage dark; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured redcurrant, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, 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 purple; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Epicure’ is available from specialist growers.
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