Canna ‘Black Beauty’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: F.R. Pierson
Breeding: President Carnot x open
Availability: Extinct
Introduced by F.R. Pierson,
Tarrytown, USA, Canna (
Balisier) ‘Black Beauty’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar;
bronze foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 pink and purple; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Black Beauty’ is no longer available; breeding is President Carnot x open.
Thor Dalebø
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