syn A. Gauthier
(Crozy Group)(Heritage Group)
Origin PFITZER Wilhelm
Parentage C. ‘Madame Crozy’ x C. ‘Barrone Renwardy’
Height Small
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering August/September/October/Until frosts
Tillering Slow
Available Specialist growers only
Canna ‘Alba Rosea Grandiflora’
syns. Albo-rosea grandiflora, Peachblow
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN W. P. Simmons, USA, 1892
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Pink
FLOWERING Average bloomer
A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval-acuminate shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, rose and amber, throat rose, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is amber, style is pale pink, petals purple, average 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; tillering is slow.
Earliest research reference is Henderson’s Catalogue of 1897, which also refers to it’s synonym C. ‘Peachblow’.
Canna ‘Alberich’
syns. Albéric, Albèric, Alberick, Albricht
(Premier Group)
ORIGIN Pfitzer, 1949
HEIGHT Small, under 1 metre
FOLIAGE Glaucous green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Pink
FLOWERING Good bloomer
A small Premier Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, mucronate shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; round stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, pink (RHS 38A) and salmon, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, labellum is streaked with pale yellow, stamen is markeded with pale yellow, petals purple with farina, 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 purple; tillering is slow.
The leaves are distinctively cupped at the tips. Overall, the plant has a wide combination of colours that make it stand out.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000.
Canna ‘Alice’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN Bogusław Kucharski
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Pink
FLOWERING Good bloomer
Canna ‘Alice’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, transparent margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, old-rose with a pale yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, edges lightly frilled, labellum is pale yellow, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, average 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 slow.
Introduced by Bogusław Kucharski, from Poland.
Canna ‘Alice Harris’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN , C.I. Palmer, 2006
HEIGHT Small, under 1 metre
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Pink
FLOWERING Exceptional bloomer
A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, branching habit; flowers are self-coloured pink, fully self-cleaning, exceptional 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 prolific.
Canna ‘Alipore Beauty’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN Sydney Percy-Lancaster
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; flowers are self-coloured rose, edges regular, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules round.
Raised by the Canna guru of India, Mr Sydney Percy-Lancaster, over 50 years as the Secretary of the Royal Agro-Horticultural Society of India. His father, Percey Lancaster, started breeding the Alipore Cannas in 1892. This plant was in the collection of the Royal Agri-Horticultural Society , Alipore, Calcutta, India in 1966, and is still available in that country.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Sydney Percy-Lancaster, An Amateur in an Indian Garden, 1927.
Canna ‘Allegheny’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN A. Harris, USA, 2003
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Light green
FORM Upright
FLOWER Pink
A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; light green foliage, oval-acuminate shaped, white margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are large, edges irregular, blooms open in the early morning; fertility unknown.
The colour of the flowers changes with the seasons, and by late autumn (fall) the flowers are a ‘sizzling hot’ orange in colour.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Karchesky and Harris Canna, 2006.
Named for the Allegheny mountains, running through the state of Pennsylvania, the home of Alice Harris.
