Cerise Bell

Canna 'Cerise Bell'

(Foliage Group)

Origin DALEBØ Thor
Parentage Alice McGuigan x Ehemanii
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Available Specialist

Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France in 2011, Canna 'Cerise Bell' is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; dark green and red variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, branching habit; hanging panicles of flowers are pendant panicles, bell-shaped, self-coloured cerise, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, style is cerise streaked with gold, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, 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 pink and purple; tillering is average.

Canna 'Cerise Bell' is available from specialist growers; breeding is c. 'Alice McGuigan' x c. 'Ehemanii'.

An unusual cross with Canna 'Ehemanii', resulting in a distinctive plant with great presence.

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