Canna ‘Centenaire de Rozain-Boucharlat’
syns. Centenaire
(Premier Group)

ORIGIN Rozain-Boucharlat, 1930
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Pink
FLOWERING Average bloomer

Canna ‘Centenaire de Rozain-Boucharlat’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, green margin, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured cerise, staminodes are large, edges irregular, labellum is cerise with gold markings, stamen is cerise with gold markings, style is gold, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is slow.

Introduced by the partnership of Messrs Rozain and Boucharlat, one of the oldest French nursery houses, to celebrate their first 100 years of trading in 1930.

Canna ‘Centenaire de Rozain-Boucharlat’