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Canna ‘Leo’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: YORKE Bernard
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Bernard Yorke, Australia, Canna (Balisier) ‘Leo’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured deep-pink, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red 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 white and pink; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Leo’ is available from specialist growers.
One of the Zodiac Series.Thor Dalebø