Canna ‘International Brigade’
Group(s): Premier Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France, Canna (Balisier) ‘International Brigade’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; flowers are open, yellow-orange and apricot, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 pink; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘International Brigade’ is available from specialist growers.
From a breeding perspective, this is one of the best seed parents around, producing full, round Premier Group flowers, and the colour combinations it can produce are not yet exhausted. Anyone wanting to begin experimenting with new Canna varieties could not do better than to start using this one as a seed parent.Thor Dalebø