Canna ‘Alma’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Low bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: Georges Truffaut
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Georges Truffaut Nursery, France, Canna (Balisier) ‘Alma’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, branching habit; flowers are open, red with a yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, low 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 pink; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Alma’ is available from specialist growers.
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