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Canna ‘Italia’
Group(s): Italian Group, Heritage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Good bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: SPRENGER Karl
Breeding: Madame Crozy x flaccida
Awards: RHS Award of Merit (J. Veitch 1896)_x000D_
RHS Award of Merit,1896_x000D_
Availability: Generally available
Introduced by Karl Sprenger of Messrs Dammann et Cie, Italy in 1894, Canna (Balisier) ‘Italia’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, throat cardinal-red, staminodes are large, edges frilled, labellum is red, stamen is yellow with a wide red margin, style is red, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Italia’was awarded RHS Award of Merit (J. Veitch 1896)_x000D_
RHS Award of Merit,1896_x000D_
; is generally available; breeding is Madame Crozy x flaccida.