Canna ‘Fairy Queen’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Late bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: WINTZER Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA in 1899, Canna (Balisier) ‘Fairy Queen’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; flowers are open, red with a wide gold margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, labellum is gold, stamen is gold with red spots, fully self-cleaning, late 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 white and pink; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Fairy Queen’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø