Canna ‘Dessert’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: Canna Topaz x Canna Ella Dalebø
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2007, Canna (Balisier) ‘Dessert’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, ovoid shaped, transparent margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, apricot and pale yellow, staminodes are large, edges frilled, stamen is yellow, style is yellow, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, average 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 ‘Dessert’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna Topaz x Canna Ella Dalebø.
Thor Dalebø