Canna ‘Cardinal Sinn’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: HARRIS Alice
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Alice Harris of Karchesky Canna, Pennsylvania, USA in 2008, Canna (Balisier) ‘Cardinal Sinn’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, large, ovoid shaped, acuminate apex, transparent margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 pink and purple; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Cardinal Sinn’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø