Longwood Gardens

Freckle Face

Canna ‘Freckle Face’

(Aquatic Group)

Origin Longwood Gardens
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Pink
Blooming Early bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Freckle Face’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; clusters of flowers are open, peach with cerise spots, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, early bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.

Photographs courtesy of Longwood Gardens
References
Oregon Aquatics, 2020
Beautiful orange flowers with red flecks adorn this four foot, self cleaning canna. Great for containers, in beds or as a border. Full sun, to part shade. Does best in well draining, loose soil mix.
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