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Canna ‘Mignon’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: Howard & Smith
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Howard & Smith Nursery, USA in 1930’s, Canna (Balisier) ‘Mignon’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, white margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are cupped, self-coloured cerise-pink, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, fully 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 white and pink; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Mignon’ is available from specialist growers.
One of the Opera series of Canna bred by Howard and Smith Nursery of Los Angeles, USA in the 1930’s. Thor Dalebø