Franz Graf von Thun

Canna ‘Franz Graf von Thun’

Origin PFITZER Wilhelm
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Franz Graf von Thun’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; flowers are self-coloured amarath-red, fully self-cleaning, good 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 purple; tillering is average.

References

Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000

Flowers Amaranth red, lower petals shade orange yellow. Leaves green. Tall.

KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004

W. Pfitzer, 1901; flowers amaranth-red, lower petals shade orange-yellow, leaves green, height over 80 cm.