Canna ‘Tivoli’

(Australian Group)

Origin YORKE Bernard
Parentage unnamed x Canna ‘Omega’
Height Tall
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Tivoli’ is a tall Australian Group cultivar; green foliage, large, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; spikes of flowers are pendulous, deep-pink with a wide ivory margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals yellow, 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 white and pink; tillering is average.

Plants of Tivoli are quite tall, and leaves are obviously related to the pollen parent in that they are long green and quite pointed. However, the plants make a good sized clump quite quickly with foliage all pointing upwards. The rhizomes are not creeping like the pollen parent. Flowers are somewhat pendulous but nicely variegated.