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Canna ‘Sophia Young’
Group(s): Premier Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: Joseph Buchan x open
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2006, Canna (Balisier) ‘Sophia Young’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; triangular main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, burnt-red rayed with old-rose, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, petals red, fully self-cleaning, 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 prolific.
Canna ‘Sophia Young’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Joseph Buchan x open.
Thor Dalebø