Canna ‘Cupid’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: PERCY-LANCASTER Sydney
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Sydney Percy-Lancaster, Alipore Cannas, India, Canna (Balisier) ‘Cupid’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; spikes of flowers are open, pink and amber, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Cupid’ is available from specialist growers.
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