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Canna ‘Nepalensis grandiflora’
Synonym(s) : Summer Joy
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: CROZY Antoine
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Pierre Antoine Marie Crozy of Crozy et fil, Lyon , France in 1866, Canna (Balisier) ‘Nepalensis grandiflora’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; round main stems, coloured green; half-round flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are erect, orange-yellow with red spots, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Nepalensis grandiflora’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø