Canna ‘Kentucky Copperhead’
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Tall, 2-3m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: WILLIAMS Brian
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Brian Williams, Louisville, Kentucky, USA in 2005, Canna (Balisier) ‘Kentucky Copperhead’ is a tall Foliage Group cultivar; dark foliage, very large, broadly oblong shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured light orange, staminodes are small, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules subglobose; rhizomes are tuber-like groups, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Kentucky Copperhead’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø