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Canna ‘Duke of Marlborough’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: WINTZER Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Duke of Marlborough’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured maroon, staminodes are narrow, edges ruffled, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, 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 purple; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Duke of Marlborough’ is available from specialist growers.
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