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Admiral Aurellan

Canna ‘Admiral Aurellan’

(Crozy Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin Antoine Crozy
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Upright
Flower Orange
Blooming Exceptional bloomer
Flowering July/August/September/October/Until frosts
Tillering Prolific
Availability Specialist 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.

Canna ‘Admiral Aurellan’ Thor Dalebø.
References
Garden & Forest, 22 August 1894
One of Crozy’s for 1895, is several points ahead of J.D. Cabos. The flowers, on comparison, are larger and more regular in outline.
Claines Canna Collection
Medium height. Orange-red blooms with dark-red markings. Leaves dark green with much exotic purple variegation. Seed fertile.
Cultivar

Aloha

Canna ‘Aloha’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN ARMSTRONG Robert, 1990
PARENTAGE C. Lenape x
FLOWER Orange-red
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Upright

A Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, narrow red rim; large flowers are orange-red with yellow spots, blooms open in the early morning; fertility both ways; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter.

Daves Garden describes it as ‘A lovely little true dwarf canna with deep green leaves rimmed in red. Flower is a larger type and a hot flamingo orange. The whole plant just sort of glows.’

The KAVB registration confirms that its main flower colour is orange-scarlet (RHS 32A-C), and the leaf is green with a narrow red margin. It is a cross with C. Lenape, and it first flowered in 1990, and is a good example of a dwarf Canna. ‘Aloha’ is one in the pair of the final cannas to come out of the Longwood Gardens introductions under Robert Armstrong, the other being C. Pele. 

Canna ‘Aloha’ Alice Harris

 

 

Cultivar

Amandine

Canna ‘Amandine’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Roger, 2005
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading

Canna ‘Amandine’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; flowers are open, orange with a yellow margin, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, labellum is red-orange, stamen is yellow, style is yellow, petals red, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Correspondence  in 2006 with Raphael Roger.

Cultivar

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.

Canna 'Arthur William Paul'
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Athena

Canna ‘Athena’

(Foliage Group)

ORIGIN WILLIAMS Brian, USA
PARENTAGE C. Intrigue mutation
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Variegated
FORM Upright
FLOWER Orange
FLOWERING Average bloomer

Canna ‘Athena’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, lanceolate shaped, white margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; round flower stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured apricot-orange, staminodes are long and narrow, labellum is apricot-orange with yellow stripe, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertility unknown; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average. Introduced by Brian Williams, Louisville, Kentucky, USA..

Canna 'Athena'
Canna 'Athena'
Photographs courtesy of Brian’s Botanicals.
https://plantlust.com/plants/33150/canna-athena/
Canna Athena is a beautiful variegated mutation found off of Canna intrigue. The leaves are narrow and upright just like intrigue but parts of the plant have blotches of either green or purple. This is the same variegation seen in Canna Cleopatra. The variegation is a bit unstable like cleopatra it can revert to a totally green plant or back to intrigue if not kept in check. I keep it in check by cutting any sold color portions out. The flowers are peach orange when the purple runs up the flower or yellow. Plants are all propagated by cuttings and some may have more green or purple than others. This plant should be great for collectors of variegated cannas. Since it is new and only propagated from cutting we will have only limited stock. This plant is also non virus sense stock plant was cleaned and we have been careful to propagated it with only clean tools.