Canna ‘Caribbean Sunset’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Good 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, Canna (Balisier) ‘Caribbean Sunset’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, red-orange with a gold margin, throat gold, staminodes are large, edges regular, petals green, 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 pink; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Caribbean Sunset’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø