Canna ‘Picador’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: TURC Ernest
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Ernest Turc Nursery, Angers, France, Canna (Balisier) ‘Picador’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured blood-red, throat sulphur-yellow, staminodes are medium size, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Picador’ is available from specialist growers.
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