Description
Canna ‘Le Tigre’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, yellow with light orange spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, 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; tillering is average.
Earliest reference is Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue of 1890.