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Canna ‘Kreta’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: Takii Seeds
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Takii & Co., Japan., Japan, Canna (Balisier) ‘Kreta’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are narrow, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules subglobose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Kreta’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø