Canna ‘Sunburn’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: McFARLAND Malcolm
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Malcolm McFarland, England in 2006, Canna (Balisier) ‘Sunburn’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured burnt-red, throat canary-yellow with burnt-red spots, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, labellum is canary-yellow with a wide burnt-red margin, stamen is gold with a wide red margin, style is gold, petals red, not self-cleaning, good 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 pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Sunburn’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø