Rosenkavalier

Canna ‘Rosenkavalier’

syns Der Rosenkavalier, Rosen Kavalier, Rosencavalier
(Crozy Group)

Origin PFITZER Wilhelm, 1957
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Pink
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Rosenkavalier’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured coral-pink, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, 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 pink; tillering is average.

Canna ‘Rosenkavalier’ Courtesy of Alice Harris

References

Wayside Gardens, 1968

A fine plant about 3 feet tall, compact growth, dense rich green foliage which is topped with large trusses of soft coral rose flowers. Individual blooms are big and substantial. Here is a magnificent showy and colourful plant particularly noted for its constant blooming. Raised by Wilhelm Pfitzer of Stuttgart, Germany.

Cannas for the Florida Landscape, by B. Tjia and R. J. Black, 1990

Low growing, Rosen Kavalier, flowers coral rose.

Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000

Flowers pink. Leaves green. Tall.

Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas

(M) The name meaning ‘The Knight of the Rose’ (‘Der Rosenkavalier’) aptly describes this bold cultivar with large, pink flowers.

KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004

W. Pfitzer, 1957; flowers pink, leaves green, height over 80 cm.

Fürst Wied

Alberich

J.B. van der Schoot

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