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Canna ‘Queen of Italy’
Group(s): Variegated Group, Italian Group, Chimera Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Prolific
Origin: PERCY-LANCASTER Sydney
Breeding: A mutation of C. ‘New Red’
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Sydney Percy-Lancaster, Alipore Cannas, India, Canna (Balisier) ‘Queen of Italy’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 prolific.
Canna ‘Queen of Italy’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is A mutation of C. ‘New Red’.
This cultivar is a chimera mutation of C. ‘Roi Humbert’, in turn the chimera mutates into C. ‘New Red’, which is similar to C. ‘Roi Humbert’.Thor Dalebø