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Canna ‘Morwent’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: DAVIS Martin
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Martin Davis of Gloucester, England, Canna (Balisier) ‘Morwent’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; purple foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured deep-pink, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, 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 pink and purple; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Morwent’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø