Canna 'Aurora Borealis'
(French Group)
Origin CROZY Antoine
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Yellow
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Available Specialist
Introduced by Antoine Crozy of Crozy et fil, Lyon, France in 1888, Canna 'Aurora Borealis' is a medium sized cultivar; mid green foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, yellow with red stripes, throat red, staminodes are medium size, edges ruffled, stamen is red, style is red, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, 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 pink; tillering is average.
Canna 'Aurora Borealis' is available from specialist growers.
The earliest reference is Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890.References
Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890
1888. Small. Broad green leaves. Round citron yellow flowers, flamed red in the throat.
Sydney Percy-Lancaster, In an Indian Garden, 1927
Striped red on a yellow ground.
IndiaAgroNet 2005
Canary-yellow with rose pink centre, beautifully rayed.
Claines Canna Collection
Small. Broad green leaves. Yellow with red in the throat, with pencil lines and flushing extending halfway down the long staminoidia. Yellow petals.
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