Canna 'Feuerzauber'

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Height: medium
Flower: red
Foliage: green and purple variegated

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, stamen is pale yellow with orange-red edge and marks, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer; 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 prolific. Introduced by W. Pfitzer, Stadt Felbach, Stuttgart, Germany, EU in 1922.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is RHS New Dictionary of Gardening, 1992.

Inevitably, the name has been changed according to the country selling it. This is not the easiest name for non-German speakers to live with.

Synonyms: C. 'Feau Magique', C. 'Feu Magique', C. 'Feur Zauber', C. 'Fire Magic'

Updated  30/12/2007