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Canna ‘Tirol’
Synonym(s) : Tyrol
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: PFITZER Wilhelm
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany in 1930, Canna (Balisier) ‘Tirol’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, upright habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Tirol’ is available from specialist growers.
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