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Canna ‘Roitelet’
Synonym(s) : Roitelot
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Red
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: Georges Truffaut
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Georges Truffaut Nursery, France in 1966, Canna (Balisier) ‘Roitelet’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, 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 average.
Canna ‘Roitelet’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø