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Canna ‘Buttercup’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: WINTZER Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA in 1905 approx, Canna (Balisier) ‘Buttercup’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, yellow speckled with light orange, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in 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 white; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Buttercup’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø