Canna ‘Ambassadour’
syn. Cream, Creamy White
(Crozy Group)
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER White
FLOWERING Low bloomer
Canna ‘Ambassadour’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured white, staminodes are medium size, edges lightly frilled, labellum is pale pink markings, stamen is cream with pale pink markings, petals green, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, 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 white; tillering is average.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Plant Introductions, Robert J. Armstrong Geneticist Longwood Gardens 1967-1999.
Canna 'Ambassadour'