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Canna ‘Meteor’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: WINTZER Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Meteor’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured deep-crimson, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple with farina, partial self-cleaning, outstanding 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 ‘Meteor’ is available from specialist growers.
The Conard & Jones Catalogue of 1915 stated that “this is the grandest red Canna we know.”, and the deep red colour remains unmatched since._x000D_
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