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Arthur William Paul

Canna ‘Arthur William Paul’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Paul Nursery, England.
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green and purple variegated
FORM Upright
FLOWER Orange
FLOWERING Low bloomer

Canna ‘Arthur William Paul’ is a  medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, orange and orange-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple.

Named for a member of the Paul family, part of the ‘nobility’ of Victorian nurserymen.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is RHS Journal of 1907-8.