Canna ‘Compte de Bouchaud’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: CROZY Antoine
Awards: 1897, Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society.
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Pierre Antoine Marie Crozy of Crozy et fil, Lyon , France in 1895, Canna (Balisier) ‘Compte de Bouchaud’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, outstanding bloomer, 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 average.
Canna ‘Compte de Bouchaud’was awarded 1897, Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society.; is available from specialist growers.
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