Canna ‘Panache Rouge’ is a tall Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are cupped, self-coloured orient-red, throat a few yellow markings, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
Panache rouge. – Feuillage vert. Epis de grandes dimensions et e très bonne tenue, bien en dehors du feuillage. Fleur rouge andrinople. Haut. 1 m. 40.
Vilmorin Catalogue, 1941
(V. 1922).
Feuillage vert. Très grandes fleurs rouge andrinople brillant. Hauteur 1 mt. 40.
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Green foliage. Very big flowers of a bright turkey red. Height 1 mt. 40 (as in turkey red cloth – a watermelon red).