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Cultivar

Allemania

Canna ‘Allemania’
syns. Cattleya
(Italian Group)(Aquatic Group)

ORIGIN Karl SPRENGER, 1897
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Multi-coloured
FLOWERING Good bloomer
AWARDS RHS Award of Merit, 1897 

Canna Allemania is a medium sized aquatic Italian Group cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round stems, coloured green + purple; panicles of flowers are open, salmon-red with a gold margin, throat gold, staminodes are large, edges irregular, labellum is salmon-red, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Canna 'Allemania'
References
RHS Chiswick Canna Trials, 1898
3. Alemannia, A.M. 1898 (Dammann and Veitch). Very large leaves; flowers large and handsome, with a broad Cattleya-like lip, orange scarlet and deep red, with an irregular golden-yellow margin.
Railton & Co., Australia, 1900-1903
AFRICA. Dark bronze foliage, with rich orange-salmon flowers, darkening to scarlet in the throat. 1/6 each.
RHS Canna Trials 1907 Indoors
2. Africa (Dobbie). — Italian Group Apricot to terra-cotta, irregularly shaded with deeper colour; truss rather small; foliage very rich, bronzy-crimson, striped with green; 5 feet.
RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 Outdoor Trials at Wisley Orange-red orchid flowered with dark foliage.
Das Geschlecht der Canna, by Árpád Mühle
Africa. (Dam.) height of 150 cm. Stature sumptuously, leaves bronze colors with magenta. Flowers very largely, cattleya shape, glowing magenta-brown with orange-charming centre.
Cassells Dictionary of Practical Gardening, Walter P. Wright, 1910
Italian, or orchid, flowered scarlet, gold inside, purple and green foliage.
L. Clause Catalogue, Spring 1929
Feuillage bronzé. Fleur pourpre. Haut. 1 m. 50. Note: Bronze foliage. Crimson flower. Height. 1 m. 50.
Tropical Plants and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 1935
Fls orange-red, tinted leaves
Standardized Plant Names, 1942
Listed as correct and current.
Tropical Planting and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 5th Edition, 1954
Bronze or purple- leaved, flowers orange red.
Cultivar

Annette Dalebø

Canna ‘Annette Dalebø’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Dalebø Thor, 2006
HEIGHT Small, under 1 metre
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Multi-coloured
FLOWERING Good bloomer
BREEDING C. ‘Tangerine’ x C. ‘Theresa Blakey’

Canna ‘Annette Dalebø is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are open, saffron-yellow and orange-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, style is gold, petals red, fully self-cleaning, good 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 pink; tillering is average.

Cultivar

Aphrodite

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.

References
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.
Das Geschlecht der Canna, by Árpád Mühle
Aphrodite. (Dam.) Höhe 200 cm. Laub breit, grün. Blumen in großen Dolden sitzend, gold gelb mit lachs rothen Flecken und Zeichnungen.
Standardized Plant Names, 1942
Listed, but no description.
Cultivar

August

Canna ‘August’

(Crozy Group)

Origin
Height Medium (1.4m)
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Orange
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering July through until frosts
Tillering Slow
Available Specialist growers only

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Cultivar

Aurora Borealis

Canna ‘Aurora Borealis’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Crozy, 1888
FLOWER Multicolours
FOLIAGE Green
HEIGHT Medium

Canna Aurora Borealis is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; spikes of flowers are open, yellow with red stripes, throat red, staminodes are medium size, edges ruffled, stamen is red, style is red, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average. 

Canna 'Aurora Borealis'
References
Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890
1888. Small. Broad green leaves. Round citron yellow flowers, flamed red in the throat. Breeder: A. Crozy, Lyon, France
Sydney Percy-Lancaster, In an Indian Garden, 1927
Striped red on a yellow ground. Breeder: A.Crozy, Lyon, France.
IndiaAgroNet 2005
Canary-yellow with rose pink centre, beautifully rayed.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Medium. Broad green leaves. Yellow with red in the throat, with pencil lines and flushing extending halfway down the long staminoidia. Yellow petals.
Cultivar

Baltazar

Canna ‘Baltazar’
(Premier Group)

ORIGIN KUCHARSKI Bogusław, 2009
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Multi-coloured

Canna ‘Baltazar’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, branching habit; flowers are open, apricot and light-cream, staminodes are large, edges irregular, blooms open in the early morning; fertility unknown; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white.

Canna ‘Baltazar’ Boguslaw Kucharski
Cultivar

Barbara Hallman

Canna ‘Barbara Hallman’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN HALLMAN D., 2005
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FLOWERS Multicolours
FOLIAGE Dark
FORM Arching

Canna ‘Barbara Hallman’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, arching habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, cream streaked with pale-rose, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled deep pink, stamen is saffron-yellow, style is saffron-yellow, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, not self-pollinating.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Canna News, 2005, attributing the cultivar to Mr Hallman.

Canna 'Barbara Hallman'