True Heart

Canna ‘True Heart’

Origin DALEBÖ Thor
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Upright
Flower Red
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘True Heart’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; spikes of flowers are open, rainbow-shaded wine-red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, style is red, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, 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 white and purple; tillering is slow.

Enjoy the delicate, sophisticated colouring of the simple flowers. Dark green foliage with purple variegation of the ribs and a thick purple rim create a fine architectural statement.

Canna 'True Heart'

References

Claines Canna Collection 2006

Summary: Delicate, sophisticated colouring of the simple flowers. Dark green foliage with purple variegation of the ribs and a thick purple rim.

Size: Up to 1.5 metre (5′) tall, making stout architecturally significant clumps.
Flower: Pink and yellow, and many other hues of colour where there is a transformation between the two primary colours.
Foliage: Dark green with purple variegation of the ribs and a thick purple rim.

Origin: 2002, Claines Canna Collection, England, EU.