Canna ‘Rubra Nerva’
syn Russian Lance
(Foliage Group)
Origin CHATÉ Emile, 1862
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Arching
Flower Red
Blooming Low bloomer
Tillering Slow
Canna ‘Rubra Nerva’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, large, lanceolate shaped, maroon margin, weeping habit; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, low 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 purple; tillering is slow.
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