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Canna ‘Iridiflora Rubra’
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: ANNÉE Théodore
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Théodore Année, Passy, France in 1864, Canna (Balisier) ‘Iridiflora Rubra’ is a medium sized cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, large, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured orange-purple, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Iridiflora Rubra’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø