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Canna ‘Alfred Cole’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Good
Origin: COLE Charles
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Captain Charles Frederick Cole, Australia, Canna (Balisier) ‘Alfred Cole’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, labellum is scarlet rayed with yellow, petals purple, 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 ‘Alfred Cole’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø