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Canna ‘Captain America’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Upright
Tillering: Good
Origin: ROGER Raphaël
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Raphaël Roger, Belgium, Canna (Balisier) ‘Captain America’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, transparent margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; half-round flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, apricot-orange and orange-yellow, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals green, not 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 and pink; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Captain America’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø