Admiral Schley

Canna ‘Admiral Schley’
(Crozy Group)

HEIGHT Small
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red

A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are scarlet, speckled with a deeper red with a narrow yellow margin, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.

Named for:

Admiral Schley

Winfield Scott Schley was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
 

 

 

References
RHS Canna Trials 1907 Indoors
1. Admiral Schley (Conrad). — Crozy Group

Orange-red, irregularly spotted with a deeper red and edged yellow; green foliage; growth very weak; I½ feet.

See: RHS Canna Trials 1907 Indoors