Canna ‘Red Florida’
Group(s): Variegated Group, Foliage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Low bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Variegated
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Thailand
Breeding: C. ‘Edulis’ treated by unknown mutagenic experiments
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Red Florida’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green and white variegated foliage, elliptical-acuminate shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, partial self-cleaning, low bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Red Florida’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is C. ‘Edulis’ treated by unknown mutagenic experiments .
Thor Dalebø