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Canna ‘Taney’
Synonym(s) : Tangy
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : [Longwood Water Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: ARMSTRONG Robert
Breeding: unknown terrestial x C. glauca
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Dr. Robert J. Armstrong of Longwood Gardens, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Taney’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acuminate apex, upright habit; flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are narrow, 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 long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
A member of the Longwood Water Series series, Canna ‘Taney’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is unknown terrestial x C. glauca.
Thor Dalebø