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Canna ‘La Londe’
Group(s): Premier Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: Vilmorin-Andrieux
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1936, Canna (Balisier) ‘La Londe’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, scarlet speckled with deep tangerine, staminodes are medium size, stamen is scarlet with gold stripes, style is gold, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules subglobose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘La Londe’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø