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Queen Charlotte
Canna ‘Queen Charlotte’
Queen of Italy
Canna ‘Queen of Italy’
(Variegated Group)(Italian Group)(Chimera Group)
Origin PERCY-LANCASTER Sydney
Parentage A mutation of Canna ‘New Red’
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Prolific
The chimera Canna ‘Queen of Italy’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
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Queensland Arrowroot
Canna ‘Queensland Arrowroot’
syn Australian arrow root
(Agriculture Group)
Height Giant
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Red
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Prolific
Canna ‘Queensland Arrowroot’ is a giant Agriculture Group cultivar; green foliage, very large, oblong shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is prolific.
A hybrid, transported to Australia where it has now become an environmental problem in the wild, because it is so prolific. However, the temperate northern climate restrains it, and there it is a remarkable architectural specimen. Has the potential to be grown for conversion to a biofuel, due to its high rhizome starch levels.
