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Baronne de Renowardy

Canna ‘Baronne de Renowardy’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN DREER Henry, 1892
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Outstanding bloomer

Canna ‘Baronne de Renowardy’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured dull rose-red, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.

References
Prof. L.H. Bailey, Garden & Forest 1893
Greeen foliage. Flowers dull rosered., introduced to the US 1892. Participated in the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Breeder: Henry A. Dreer Nurseries, Philadelphia, USA

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