Canna ‘La Baldine’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1948, Canna (Balisier) ‘La Baldine’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured coral-pink, staminodes are medium size, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘La Baldine’ is available from specialist growers.
Delightful flowers coral-pink changing into rose-madder from the second day, lasting well for several more days.Thor Dalebø