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Canna ‘Pele’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: ARMSTRONG Robert
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Dr. Robert J. Armstrong of Longwood Gardens, USA in 1990, Canna (Balisier) ‘Pele’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are large, good 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 ‘Pele’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø