Antoine Chantin

Canna ‘Antoine Chantin’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Crozy, 1888
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading

Canna ‘Antoine Chantin’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, broadly oblong shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, cherry-red tinged with salmon, staminodes are large, blooms open in the early morning; fertility unknown. Prolific flowerer, still grown in France.

References

Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890

1888. Small. Juicy green leaves, the large round flowers are beutiful cherery-red with salmon shading, specially rich flowering. Breeder: A. Crozy, Lyon, France

RHS Journal of 1891

RHS Award of Merit (Paul 1891)

Garden & Forest, 6 June 1894

Henry A. Dreer nursery. No details just listed in advert.

RHS Journal of 1895

Passing mention only.

L'Illustration Horticole, 15 March 1895

Large flowers, salmon-cerise, very floriferous. Red foliage. Note: Fleur grande, cerise saumoné, très florifère. Feuillage pourpré.

The English Flower Garden, W. Robinson. 8th Edition, 1900

No description, just a list of recommended specimens.

Das Geschlecht der Canna, by Árpád Mühle

Description not translated.