Friday 3 April 2009

Canna 'En Avant'


A medium sized Premier Group cultivar; light green foliage, white margin, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are open, yellow (RHS 12A) with red (RHS 32A) spots, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, style is yellow, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not true to type or self-pollinating, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.
Introduced by Messrs Vilmorin-Andrieux in 1921. Synonym: C. 'La Garoupe'

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