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Canna ‘Wine and Roses’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Early summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Average
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Wine and Roses’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; purple foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple + farina; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured pink, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals purple with farina, 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 globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Wine and Roses’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø