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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.
Annei Bicolor
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.
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.
August
Canna ‘August’
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
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.
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.

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.