Canna ‘Tama-Tulipa’
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Low bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Yucca-Do Nursery
Breeding: Canna glauca x C. indica
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Yucca-Do Nursery, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Tama-Tulipa’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; flowers are erect, yellow rayed with cardinal-red, throat red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Tama-Tulipa’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna glauca x C. indica.
Thor Dalebø