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Canna ‘Fantastic Red’
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Tillering: Average
Origin: SHEPPARD Marcelle
Breeding: ‘Opera Seeds’ Geo. W. Park Seed Co.
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard Nursery, Texas, USA in 1989, Canna (Balisier) ‘Fantastic Red’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, acute apex, red margin; flowers are open, self-coloured wine-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, average 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 purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Fantastic Red’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is ‘Opera Seeds’ Geo. W. Park Seed Co..
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