Canna ‘Black Magic’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Rarely blooms
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: Podgora Gardens
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Podgora Gardens Nursery, New Zealand, Canna (Balisier) ‘Black Magic’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured maroon, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, rarely blooms, 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 average.
Canna ‘Black Magic’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø