Canna ‘Südfunk’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: PFITZER Wilhelm
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany in 1930, Canna (Balisier) ‘Südfunk’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; triangular main stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, 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 ellipsoid; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Südfunk’ is available from specialist growers.
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