Canna ‘Red Velvet’

Canna ‘Red Velvet’

Group(s): Foliage Group

Height: Tall, 2-3m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Variegated
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average

Availability: Specialist growers

Canna (Balisier) ‘Red Velvet’ is a tall Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, large, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured red, 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 ‘Red Velvet’ is available from specialist growers.

Thor Dalebø
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