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Canna ‘Stars and Stripes’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: HARRIS Alice
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Alice Harris of Karchesky Canna, Pennsylvania, USA in 2011, Canna (Balisier) ‘Stars and Stripes’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, gold heavily spotted with blood-red, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 good.
Canna ‘Stars and Stripes’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø