Canna 'Marilyn'

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, oblong shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; triangular stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning; 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 average.
Introduced by Martin Davis, Gloucester, England, EU., and named for his spouse, Marilyn.