Canna ‘Le Tamisier’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1940, Canna (Balisier) ‘Le Tamisier’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; purple foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured cardinal-red, staminodes are large, 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 average.
Canna ‘Le Tamisier’ is available from specialist growers.
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