Canna ‘Orange Julius’
Height Small
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Orange
Blooming Low bloomer
Tillering Slow
Canna ‘Orange Julius’ is a small Italian Group cultivar; dark foliage, large, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple + farina; triangular flower stems, coloured purple + farina; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is slow.
At times, looks like a smaller version of C. ‘Wyoming’, however that is orange with red markings and variations, whereas this is orange with golden-yellow tendencies.
Courtesy of Alice Harris
