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Canna ‘Tropical Sunset’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Early summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Good
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Tropical Sunset’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, pale yellow and pale pink, throat deep-pink, staminodes are large, edges serrated, labellum is deep-pink with a wide pale yellow margin, stamen is gold speckled with coral-pink, style is gold, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules subglobose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is good.
Canna ‘Tropical Sunset’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø