Légionnaires

Canna ‘Légionnaires’

syn Legionnaire
(Crozy Group)

Origin CROZY Antoine
Height Small
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Légionnaires’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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 pink and purple; tillering is average.

References

Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890

Small. Leaves green with purple margins.Flowers fierily scarlet-red. Special.

Canna ‘Légionnaires’ is a small plant, with green leaves and red flowers.