Canna ‘H.W. Coles’
Group(s): Premier Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: W.W. Coles Nursery
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by W.W. Coles Nursery, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘H.W. Coles’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; dark green foliage, broadly ovoid shaped, acute apex, white margin, branching habit; round flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured red-orange, throat pale yellow, staminodes are large, edges regular, labellum is red-orange, stamen is tangerine-orange, style is orange-yellow, petals yellow, 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 white and purple; tillering is good.
Canna ‘H.W. Coles’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø