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Ehemannii

Canna ‘Ehemannii’

ORIGIN ANNÉE Théodore
PARENTAGE iridiflora was pollen parent and speciosa was the seed parent.
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Pink
AWARDS 1880, R.H.S. First Class Certificate, 2002 RHS ‘AGM..

Canna ‘Ehemannii’ is a tall Foliage Group cultivar; green foliage, oval-acuminate shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are pendant panicles, self-coloured carmine, staminodes are large, edges regular, labellum is carmine, petals red, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.

From Monsieur Anneé a hybrid cross of C. iridiflora and C. indica var. warscewiczii. It was distributed by M. Kolb, Inspector of the Botanical Garden at Munich, who first distributed it as C. ‘iridiflora hybrida’, but later as C. ‘Ehemanni’ after Herr Ehemann of Stuttgart.

In 1880 this variety was awarded the R.H.S. First Class Certificate, and then in 2002 (122 years later) it was awarded the Award of Garden Merit (AGN) at the RHS Wisley trials. The two highest awards possible and earned 122 years apart. It says it all for the quality of this hybrid.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is RHS First-class Certificate (Hooper 1880).

Cultivar

Geoffrey St. Hilaire

Canna ‘Geoffrey St. Hilaire’

(Crozy Group)

Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average
Awards RHS First Class Certificate, 1888

Canna ‘Geoffrey St. Hilaire’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; round main stems, coloured purple + farina; half-round flower stems, coloured purple + farina; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured salmon-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red 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 purple; tillering is average.

References

RHS 1888

First Class Certificate (J. Veitch 1888)

RHS Journal of 1889

Garden & Forest, 28 August 1889

Foliage stained with vinous purple, flowers vivid scarlet.

Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890

Tall. Leaves dark blood-red. Flowers magnificent capuchin red (dark ruby red) with magenta border. Splendid.

Garden & Forest, 1894

Garden and forest. / Volume 7, Issue 326. [May 23, 1894, miscellaneous front pages, i-ii] GEOFFREY ST. HILLAIRE.-Best dark-leaved Canna that can be offered cheap. Dark maroon-colored leaves with a dark metallic or bronze lustre. Flowers light salmon-scarlet.

Henry A. Dreer nursery, advert in Garden & Forest, 6 June 1894

No details just listed in advert.

RHS Journal of 1895

L'Illustration Horticole, 15 March 1895

Very large flowers, bright nasturtium red, enormous flower spikes. Flowers dark purple.

Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897

A grand variety. Large flowers of a deep orange shade; very large flower spike; foliage chocolate color.

The English Flower Garden, W. Robinson. 8th Edition, 1900

No decription, just a list of recommended specimens.

Cultivar

Ulrich Brunner

Canna ‘Ulrich Brunner’

(Crozy Group)

Origin CROZY Antoine
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering July/August/September/October/Until frosts
Tillering Prolific
Awards RHS First Class Certificate, 1888

Canna ‘Ulrich Brunner’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red, partial 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 round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.