Canna Sophie Buchner

Description

Heritage Canna ‘Sophie Buchner’ is a medium-sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured vermilion, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in August until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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 purple; tillering is good.