Canna Assaut

Description

Canna ‘Assaut’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are large, edges regular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is fertile, pollen is low fertile, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose.

Grown especially for its distinctive bronze foliage at Kew Gardens, where it is usually placed by the doors of the glass houses.