Canna ‘North Star Ermine’
Synonym(s) : Ermine
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: White
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: WALLACE Curtis
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Rev. Curt Wallace, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘North Star Ermine’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, broadly oblong shaped, acute apex, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured light-cream, throat pale yellow, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, 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; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘North Star Ermine’ is available from specialist growers.
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