Canna ‘Mattie Cole’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: COLE Charles
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Captain Charles Frederick Cole, Australia, Canna (Balisier) ‘Mattie Cole’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, pink tinged with pale-purple, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, 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 pink; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Mattie Cole’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø