Aspremont

Canna ‘Aspremont’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Vilmorin-Andrieux, 1938
HEIGHT Small, under 1 metre
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Arching

Canna ‘Aspremont’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, arching habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured a Turkey-red, staminodes are medium size, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules globose. Still available in Southern Europe.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Vilmorin Catalogue, 1941.