Canna ‘La Tamisier’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1941, Canna (Balisier) ‘La Tamisier’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured vermilion, staminodes are large, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, 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 purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘La Tamisier’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø