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Canna ‘Ra’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : [Longwood Water Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Average bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: ARMSTRONG Robert
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Dr. Robert J. Armstrong of Longwood Gardens, USA in 1977, Canna (Balisier) ‘Ra’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acuminate apex, upright habit; round main stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is slow.
A member of the Longwood Water Series series, Canna ‘Ra’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø