Canna ‘Tom Thumb’
Group(s): Miniature Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2000, Canna (Balisier) ‘Tom Thumb’ is a small Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, oval-acuminate shaped, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, canary-yellow heavily spotted with wine-red, staminodes are small, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 white; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Tom Thumb’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø