Canna ‘Député Hénon’
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: SISLY Jean
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Jean Sisly, amateur gentleman gardener of Monplaisir, near Lyon, France in 1866, Canna (Balisier) ‘Député Hénon’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are reflexed, self-coloured canary-yellow, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, labellum is canary-yellow with orange-yellow spots, stamen is canary-yellow, style is canary-yellow, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good 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; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Député Hénon’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø