Canna ‘Peau Rouge’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Tall, 2-3m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Peau Rouge’ is a tall Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple with farina, 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 purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Peau Rouge’ is available from specialist growers.
The name means ‘Red Indian’, the settlers name for the indigenous American peoples.Thor Dalebø