Marcelle Sheppard

Chinese Lantern

Canna ‘Chinese Lantern’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN SHEPPARD Marcelle
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Multi-coloured
FLOWERING Good bloomer

Canna ‘Chinese Lantern’ is a tall Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; flowers are orange-red streaked with yellow, edges frilled, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple.

Canna ‘Chinese Lantern’ Marcelle Sheppard

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Kelly’s Plant World, California, USA. 1989.