Origin HeightTall FoliageDark FlowerRed TilleringProlific AwardsParticipated in the Royal Horticultural Society, England Canna Trials at Wisley in 2002, where it received the AGM; submitted by Hart Cannas.
Canna ‘Russian Red’ is a tall Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, transparent margin; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured orange, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
Summary: Bronze foliage with a slight wave to the leaf edge. Masses of red flowers.
Size: Particularly valued for is foliage, makes an open clump of upright stems and gently spreading leaves. Plant height 290cm. Foliage height 265cm.
Flower: Staminodes orange (30D) flushed pink (39B) on outer; labellum and stamen as staminoides, slightly redder in the throat; stigma dark orange; petals red. Start of flowering 6 August.
Foliage: Leaves dark olive green (147A), heavily flushed with reddish bronze (redder than 200B); midrib red (183C); edge pale.
Awards: 2002, ‘Award of Garden Merit’ at the RHS Wisley trials.
Royal Horticultural Society, England – Canna Trial 2002
AGM after trial at Wisley 2002 from Hart Cannas. A broad leaved C. indica var. purpurea which Ed Snyder sent to Keith Hayward from the USA.
A DISCUSSION ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE CANNACEAE FAMILY; OF INTEREST TO GARDENERS, COLLECTORS, AND PROFESSIONALS ALIKE.
