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Canna ‘Red Cleopatra’
Synonym(s) : Anthony and Cleopatra
Group(s): Italian Group, Chimera Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Breeding: Cleopatra chimera mutation
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Red Cleopatra’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are large, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average 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 slow.
Canna ‘Red Cleopatra’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Cleopatra chimera mutation.
This is a chimera mutation from Cleopatra to this new identity. Inheritably unstable, this will also revert back on some stalks to green foliage and yellow/red spotted flowers, or even foliage and flowers that are divided into both colour schemes.Thor Dalebø