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Ace of Spades

Canna ‘Ace of Spades’
(Crozy Group)

HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Dark green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Good bloomer

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured red, throat orange-red, staminodes are large, edges serrated, stamen is orange-yellow, style is gold with cerise stripes, petals green, 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 pink and purple; tillering is average.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Anne Glancy, Burke’s Backyard Article, 2002.

Cannas-Australia.com write…

Canna Ace of Spades is one of the darkest of the red cannas that I grow.

When the dark blackish red flowers appear, they are quite a sight to behold, they open from dark blackish colored buds also.

This is a short to medium growing canna reaching up to 1.2 meters tall when in flower.

The foliage on these canna plants is green with a dark burgundy colored margin.

This burgundy coloring also carries back onto the leaf over lapping the margin, and the stems on this cultivar are colored a dark burgundy also.

Because it’s one of the shorter growing cannas its perfect for the front of a Perennial border or as a potted plant on your balcony or patio.

Where ever this is grown the unusual colored flowers are sure to catch the eye.

 

Cultivar

Achira Dark

Canna ‘Achira Dark’
(Agriculture Group)

HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Bronze
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Red

A tall Agriculture Group cultivar; bronze foliage, large, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; triangular stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured red-orange, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.

This variety has bronze leaves with pronounced ribs, which make an elegant champagne flute shape as the leaves unravel and flatten out. All canna do this, but I believe that none do it as elegantly. My young grandchildren used to call them ‘fairy glasses’. It is late flowering, producing orange/crimson blooms in late summer/early autumn.

Impressive in size, stately plants that grow to about 2 metres tall with their leaves evenly spread out on the stem giving it a very neat, orderly appearance. This bronze leaf form of Achira has orange/crimson flowers.

Introduced to England from Peru in 1820. Originally thought to be a species in its own right, this is not accepted by modern botanists who consider it to be a Canna discolor variety or a sub-species of indica, depending upon which taxonomist you talk to. It is found along the coast of South America, the West Indies and in temperate valleys of the Andes, usually at the edges of moist thickets or in ditches.

 

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Achira Green

Canna ‘Achira Green’

syn. Inca Arrowroot
(Agriculture Group)

HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green and purple variegated
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Good bloomer

Canna ‘Achira Green’ is a tall Agriculture Group cultivar; green foliage, large, oval shaped, sometimes maroon margin, branching habit; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured red, staminodes are long and narrow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.

Canna ‘Achira Green’ Thor Dalebö.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is RHS Journal of 1847.

Cultivar

Admiral Schley

Canna ‘Admiral Schley’
(Crozy Group)

HEIGHT Small
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red

A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are scarlet, speckled with a deeper red with a narrow yellow margin, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.

Named for:

Admiral Schley

Winfield Scott Schley was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
 

 

 

References
RHS Canna Trials 1907 Indoors
1. Admiral Schley (Conrad). — Crozy Group

Orange-red, irregularly spotted with a deeper red and edged yellow; green foliage; growth very weak; I½ feet.

See: RHS Canna Trials 1907 Indoors

 

Cultivar

Adolf Ernst

Canna ‘Adolf Ernst’

(Crozy Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin G. Ernst
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering July/August/September/October/Until frosts
Tillering Good
Availability Specialist 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.

Canna ‘Adolf Ernst’

Named for Adolf Ernst, a leading botanist in the 19th Century, and a correspondent with Charles Darwin.

Adolf Ernst
References
Das Geschlecht der Canna, by Árpád Mühle
Adolf Ernst. (Ernst.) sheet work darkly brown roth. Dolden largely, well built. Flowers darkly zinnoberroth. One the best ones of the older sorts.
Standardized Plant Names, 1942
Confirmed that the plant name is currently in use.
Claines Canna Collection
Medium height. Maroon red, with flecks of yellow margin. Green foliage with white border.

 

Cultivar

Alfred Young

Canna ‘Alfred Young’

(Premier Group)

Origin DALEBØ Thor, 2006
Parentage Jessie Dalebø x open.
Height Medium-sized
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average

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Cultivar

Alma

Canna ‘Alma’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Truffaut, France
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FLOWERS Red
FOLIAGE Green

A tall Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage; flowers are open, red with a yellow margin, blooms open in the early morning; fertility unknown.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000.