Canna ‘Flamboyant’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Good
Origin: CROZY Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Pierre Antoine Marie Crozy of Crozy et fil, Lyon , France, Canna (Balisier) ‘Flamboyant’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green + farina; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured crimson, throat primrose-yellow with crimson spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, labellum is crimson, stamen is canary-yellow, style is canary-yellow, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late 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 ‘Flamboyant’ is available from specialist growers.
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