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Black Cleopatra

Canna ‘Black Cleopatra’

(Italian Group)(Chimera Group)

Origin TURC Ernest
Parentage Reverted sport of Roi Humbert->Yellow Humbert (Cleopatra)
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering July through until frosts
Tillering Good
Available Specialist growers only

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Cultivar

Queen of Italy

Canna ‘Queen of Italy’

(Variegated Group)(Italian Group)(Chimera Group)

Origin PERCY-LANCASTER Sydney
Parentage A mutation of Canna ‘New Red’
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Prolific

The chimera Canna ‘Queen of Italy’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Canna 'Queen of Italy'
Canna 'Queen of Italy'
References
David Clulow
See ‘Cleopatra’
Dr. Khoshoo & Dr. I. Guha: Evolution of Cultivated Canna 1966
x orchiodes, tall (80-160cm), foliage green, broad staminodia (5-7 cm) spotted. In the collection of the Royal Agri-Horticultural Society , Alipore, Calcutta, India.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: This a chimera, which means that it is genetically bizarre. Flowers are yellow and tomato red in various combinations of dots, streaks or solids. Sometimes all red and all yellow flowers occur on the same stalk.
Size: Medium
Flower: Yellow and tomato red in various combinations of dots, streaks or solids. Sometimes all red and all yellow flowers occur on the same stalk.
Foliage: Large medium green leaves with an occasional deep red stripe.
Origin: A somatic mutation of C. ‘New Red’.