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| Canna 'Crimson Beauty' |
(Premier Group)(Heritage Group)
Origin PFITZER Wilhelm
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Red
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Prolific
Available Specialist
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany, Canna 'Crimson Beauty' is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are reflexed, self-coloured crimson, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, 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 white and pink; tillering is prolific.
Canna 'Crimson Beauty' is available from specialist growers.
References
Kelly's Plant World, California, USA. 1989
Flowers red. Foliage green. Height 3 ft.
RHS New Dictionary of Gardening, 1992
Dwarf to 60cm; lvs broad; fls bright crimson
Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000
Tall. Green foliage. Smallish dark cerise flowers. (£6.00 for 3 rhizomes in 2002)
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(T) Plants of this are generally tall and bear medium sized, dark red flowers with daintily reflexed petals. The green leaves have a fine dark rim. There is some doubt that the stock now available under this name is original as there are earlier references to it being a dwarf raised by Wilhelm Pfitzer. In the USA there are some stocks that fit this latter description.
Aloha Tropicals, Internet October, 2001
Fluorescent pink flowers that seem to glow in the sunlight. A glimmering show-off that will enhance any garden. Height 3 feet.
Rivendell Botanic Garden, List January 2001
From 2 suppliers, flowers hot pink, not crimson, leaves green. Tall.
French Grown Stock
Height 1.1m. Green foliage.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: A tall plant with distinguished large green leaves with a fine dark rim. Above are held medium sized, crimson red flowers with daintily reflexed petals.
Size: Tall
Flower: Medium-sized, crimson red flowers with daintily reflexed petals.
Foliage: Green leaves with a fine dark rim.
Origin: Ian Cooke states that "There is some doubt that the stock now available under this name is original as there are earlier references to it being a dwarf raised by Wilhelm Pfitzer; in the USA there are some stocks that fit this latter description".
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