Canna ‘Scarlet Fever’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Breeding: Confetti x open
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Scarlet Fever’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; flowers are open, saffron-yellow heavily spotted with scarlet, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals green, 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 white and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Scarlet Fever’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Confetti x open.
Thor Dalebø