Canna ‘Puppet’
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Arching
Flower Orange
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average
Canna ‘Puppet’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, arching habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; triangular flower stems, coloured green + purple; flowers are open, orange rayed with red, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, stamen is orange with red stripes, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, 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 pink and purple; tillering is average.
This is probably another heritage Canna that has become detached from its name! It deserves to survive and has been given this new name until the original name can be established.
