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Canna ‘Queensland Arrowroot’
Synonym(s) : Australian arrow root
Group(s): Agriculture Group
Height: Giant, over 3m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Spreading
Tillering: Prolific
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Queensland Arrowroot’ is a giant Agriculture Group cultivar; green foliage, very large, oblong shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is prolific.
Canna ‘Queensland Arrowroot’ is available from specialist growers.
A hybrid, transported to Australia where it has now become an environmental problem in the wild, because it is so prolific. However, the temperate northern climate restrains it, and there it is a remarkable architectural specimen. Has the potential to be grown for conversion to a biofuel, due to its high rhizome starch levels.Thor Dalebø