Canna ‘Präsident Meyer’
Synonym(s) : President Meyer
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Präsident Meyer’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, 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 good.
Canna ‘Präsident Meyer’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø