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Canna ‘August’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: medium (1.4m)
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘August’ is a medium (1.4m) Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are erect, orange streaked with yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘August’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø