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Canna ‘Valbonne’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1941, Canna (Balisier) ‘Valbonne’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval and cupped shaped, branching habit; flowers are open, self-coloured rose-red, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, 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 pink and purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Valbonne’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø