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Canna ‘Prince Charmant’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: Rozain-Boucharlat Nurserymen
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Rozain-Boucharlat Nursery, France in 1922, Canna (Balisier) ‘Prince Charmant’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, transparent margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green + farina; triangular flower stalks, coloured green + farina; flowers are reflexed, self-coloured carmine, throat pale yellow with a carmine blush, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, labellum is carmine, stamen is pale yellow heavily spotted with carmine, style is yellow, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good 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 and pink; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Prince Charmant’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø