Canna ‘Sophie Buchner’
Group(s): Crozy Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Good
Awards: RHS Award of Merit 1893_x000D_
Availability: Extinct
Canna (Balisier) ‘Sophie Buchner’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured vermilion, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late 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 purple; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Sophie Buchner’was awarded RHS Award of Merit 1893_x000D_
; is no longer available.