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Canna ‘Austra’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Austra’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; mid green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, cream with coral-pink spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, 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 slow.
Canna ‘Austra’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø