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Canna ‘Torchlight’
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Late bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: JOHNSON Jonny K.
Breeding: Canna indica x C. indica var. Lumbautum
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Jonny K. Johnson, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Torchlight’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are erect, red-orange and orange-yellow, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, late bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Torchlight’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna indica x C. indica var. Lumbautum.
Thor Dalebø