OriginPFITZER Wilhelm HeightMedium FoliageDark FormSpreading FlowerOrange BloomingOutstanding bloomer TilleringProlific Awards2002 Award of Garden Merit (AGM) at the RHS Outdoor Canna Trials.
Canna ‘Ingeborg’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; flowers are self-coloured orange (RHS 28A), edges regular, style is orange-red, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, 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 pink and purple; tillering is prolific.
The flowers are pale orange with narrowish spread petals. Leaves are a matt pewter colour, with a slight twist. Medium height, up to about 1·5m.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) An old cultivar with apricot-orange, iris-like flowers. The wavy, bronze foliage has an alluring waxy finish. Raised by Wilhelm Pfitzer in 1916.
Royal Horticultural Society, England – Canna Trial 2002
AGM after trial at Wisley 200225 from Hart Cannas.
Bronze foliage & orange flowers similar to ‘Verdi’ but a little paler.
Brent & Becky’s Bulbs, Summer 2002, Internet
A smooth blending of red, orange and yellow flowers with grey/green leaves with lots of brown/red veins, giving it the appearance of being very dark; 3-4 ft. 5 for $7, 25 for $25
French Grown Stock
Height 1m. Bronze foliage. Orange flowers.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
W. Pfitzer, 1916; flowers persimmon-orange (RHS 28A), petals with various shadings, leaves brown, height over 80 cm.
Summary: Raised by Pfitzer in 1916 and been a gardeners favourite ever since. Medium height clump of wavy bronze foliage with an alluring waxy finish, atop are an abundance of apricot-orange, iris-like blooms.
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