Breauté

ORIGIN Crozy, 1880’s
HEIGHT Small, under 1 metre
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Upright

Canna ‘Breauté’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.

References

Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890

Small. Lance-shaped, green leaves. Very large, lively, salmon coloured flowers. Breeder: A. Crozy, Lyon, France

Claines Canna Collection, 2006

A Crozy Group small cultivar. Lance-shaped, green leaves. Medium sized, open salmon coloured flowers. Rhizomes long, white and pink. Flowers open in the early morning.

Nepalensis grandiflora striata

Antoine Crozy

Nepalensis grandiflora

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