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Canna ‘New Red’
Group(s): Italian Group, Chimera Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: PERCY-LANCASTER Sydney
Breeding: Mutation of C. Roi Humbert 1st
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Sydney Percy-Lancaster, Alipore Cannas, India, Canna (Balisier) ‘New Red’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; dark foliage, large, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘New Red’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Mutation of C. Roi Humbert 1st.
Thor Dalebø