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Canna ‘Munchkin’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Variegated Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Variegated
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: JOHNSON Jonny K.
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Jonny K. Johnson, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Munchkin’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green and pale yellow variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, 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 average.
Canna ‘Munchkin’ is available from specialist growers.
Munchkin is sometimes reputed to be a synonym of Kansas City but it was developed long before that cultivar was discovered. Large fawn spots on yellow petals sit tidily above the attractive variegated foliage.Thor Dalebø