Canna ‘Aphrodite’
(Italian Group)
OROGIN SPRENGER K., Damman et Cie.
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Upright
FLOWER Multi-coloured
Canna ‘Aphrodite’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, broadly oblong shaped, upright habit; spikes of flowers are open, gold with salmon blotches, throat salmon, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, labellum is salmon, stamen is salmon, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile.
Still grown with this name in France and Austra-Asia. A totally different plant is on the market using the same name.
Brunning's Catalogue, 1906
Broad green leaves, immense trusses of bloom, golden yellow, with large salmon spots, inner petals salmon.
Brunning's Catalogue, 1907
Broad green leaves, immense trusses of bloom, golden yellow, with large salmon spots, inner petals salmon.
RHS Journal of 1907-8
Featured in the 1907 RHS Indoor Trials.
Orchid flowered, red, edged with yellow. Green foliage.
RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in the 1908 RHS Outdoor Trials.
Orchid flowered, red, edged with yellow. Green foliage.
Aphrodite. (Dam.) Höhe 200 cm. Laub breit, grün. Blumen in großen Dolden sitzend, gold gelb mit lachs rothen Flecken und Zeichnungen.
Listed, but no description.
