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Musafolia Hybrida

Canna ‘Musafolia Hybrida’

(Musafolia Group)

Origin ANNÉE Théodore
Height Giant
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Red-orange
Blooming Average bloomer
Tillering Prolific
Awards Award of Garden Merit (AGM) at RHS Canna Trials, 2002 as C. ‘Musifolia’

Canna ‘Musafolia Hybrida’ is a giant cultivar; green foliage, very large, broadly oblong shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured salmon-red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules round; rhizomes are tuber-like groups, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.

References
Le Canna, E. Chaté et fils, 1867
Introduced 1860.
Resembles C. musæfolia [ed. C. paniculata], but the stems and leaves are thicker and of a deeper green.
Subtropical Gardening - Robinson 1868
Resembles C. musæfolia [ed. C. paniculata], but the stems and leaves are thicker and of a deeper green.