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Canna ‘Madame Butterfly’
Group(s): Premier Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Howard & Smith
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Howard & Smith Nursery, USA in 1930’s, Canna (Balisier) ‘Madame Butterfly’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; dark green foliage, oblong shaped, green margin, branching habit; flowers are cupped, ivory and pale pink, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, fully self-cleaning, average 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 white and pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Madame Butterfly’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø