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Canna ‘Cannes’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1937, Canna (Balisier) ‘Cannes’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, white margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured carmine, staminodes are large, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Cannes’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø