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Canna ‘Triomphe’
Group(s): Premier Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1920, Canna (Balisier) ‘Triomphe’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; round flower stalks, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured carmine, staminodes are large, edges frilled, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is low fertile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Triomphe’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø