Description
Canna Ra for Sale — The Longwood Yellow Water Canna Named for the Egyptian Sun God
If you’ve been searching for Canna Ra for sale, Quinn’s Fins grows Canna ‘Ra’ right here in our on-site nursery greenhouse. Canna Ra is the most elegant and refined of the Longwood Gardens canna hybrids — a cultivar named for Ra, the ancient Egyptian god of the sun, whose brilliant solar symbolism is reflected in the plant’s vibrant soft pastel yellow blooms. Developed through the legendary canna breeding program of Dr. Robert Armstrong at Longwood Gardens — a program that began in 1967 and produced 16 cultivars between 1972 and 1985 — Canna Ra is an RHS Award of Garden Merit recipient that delivers a visual character unlike any other water canna. Its leaves are long, slender, and elegantly pointed in a soft blue-green glaucous tone — more refined and narrow than the broader paddle leaves of Erebus and Endeavor — and its soft pastel yellow flowers appear from late summer into mid-autumn, delivering a warm luminous glow at the pond edge when most other water garden plants have finished blooming. Canna Ra for sale at Quinn’s Fins is the rarest flower color in the Longwood canna series and the most sophisticated yellow water canna available for the water garden. Ships in a 2″ pot ready to establish.
Why Canna Ra for Sale Is the Most Distinctive Longwood Canna
Yellow is the rarest color in the water canna world — and Canna Ra delivers it with the institutional breeding heritage and Award of Garden Merit distinction that confirms its quality. It occupies a completely distinct visual niche from every other canna in our collection.
- Vibrant soft pastel yellow flowers — the only yellow-flowering canna in our collection and the rarest color in the Longwood canna series
- Long, slender, elegantly pointed blue-green glaucous leaves — a more refined, narrower leaf form than broader paddle-leaved Longwood varieties
- Late summer to mid-autumn bloom time — extends pond garden color into the season when most other flowering pond plants have finished
- RHS Award of Garden Merit recipient — internationally recognized for outstanding garden performance
- Longwood Gardens hybrid by Dr. Robert Armstrong — one of 16 cultivars from the most celebrated canna breeding program in American horticultural history
- Tolerates water up to 10 inches deep — suitable for pond shelves and bog garden planting
- Named for the Egyptian sun god Ra — a cultivar with mythological resonance that matches its luminous yellow blooms
- Non-toxic to fish, pets, and humans — completely safe for koi ponds, goldfish ponds, and all freshwater systems
The Complete Quinn’s Fins Longwood Canna Collection
Quinn’s Fins carries all four Longwood Gardens water canna hybrids — a complete collection that covers every color in the Longwood series:
| Cultivar | Flower Color | Foliage | Bloom Time |
| Ra (this plant) | Soft pastel yellow | Long slender blue-green | Late summer–mid autumn |
| Erebus | Coral-pink to salmon | Soft blue-green paddle | Midsummer–fall |
| Endeavor | Scarlet red | Bright green | July–September |
