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Canna ‘Alba Rosea’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Slow
Origin: W. P. Simmons, USA
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Alba Rosea’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical-acuminate shaped, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, rose and amber, throat rose, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is amber, style is pale pink, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, average 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; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Alba Rosea’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø