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Canna ‘Burgundy Blush’
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Giant, over 3m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Low bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Origin: PETERSON David
Breeding: Musafolia Grande x Purpurea floribunda
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by David Peterson, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Burgundy Blush’ is a giant Foliage Group cultivar; dark green with a burgundy blush foliage, elliptical shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured cherry-red, staminodes are small, low bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured purple.
Canna ‘Burgundy Blush’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Musafolia Grande x Purpurea floribunda.
Thor Dalebø