syn A. Gauthier
(Crozy Group)(Heritage Group) OriginPFITZER Wilhelm ParentageC. ‘Madame Crozy’ x C. ‘Barrone Renwardy’ HeightSmall FoliageGreen FormSpreading FlowerPink BloomingGood bloomer FloweringAugust/September/October/Until frosts TilleringSlow AvailableSpecialist growers only
Canna ‘Admiral Aurellan’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, elliptical shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; round main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stalks, coloured purple; flowers are open, orange-red with an old-rose blush, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, stamen is gold, petals red, fully self-cleaning, exceptional bloomer, flowers in July until frosts in northern temperate zone, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
OriginAntoine Crozy HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormSpreading FlowerYellow BloomingGood bloomer FloweringJuly/August/September/October/Until frosts TilleringGood AwardsRHS First Class Certificate, 1896 AvailabilitySpecialist growers only
Canna ‘Admiral Courbet’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with carmine spots, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in July until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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; tillering is good.
Winner of an Royal Horticultural Society First Class Certificate in 1896. Still being grown in Europe and Australia.
I could not help observing how well Admiral Courbet, a fine canary-yellow bedder introduced several years ago, holds its own among the newer introductions.
RHS Journal of 1895
Veitch Catalogue 1896
Flowers large yellow spotted with red
Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897
Light yellow, speckled with orange.
RHS Journal of 1898-9
The English Flower Garden, W. Robinson. 8th Edition, 1900
No decription, just a list of recommended specimens.
Admiral Courbet. Sheets easily silver-grey-green, flower basic colour chrome-yellow, with some kastanienbraunen points and marks. Very again conditionable against rain etc.
OriginG. Ernst HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormSpreading FlowerRed BloomingGood bloomer FloweringJuly/August/September/October/Until frosts TilleringGood AvailabilitySpecialist growers only
Canna ‘Adolf Ernst’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, white margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in July until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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 pink and purple; tillering is good.