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Canna ‘Chinese Lantern’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Tall, 2-3m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Chinese Lantern’ is a tall Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, orange-red streaked with yellow, staminodes are large, edges frilled, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Chinese Lantern’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø