Hallow

Canna 'Hallow'

Canna 'Hallow'

(Premier Group)

[Country Life Series]   

Origin DALEBØ Thor
Parentage Theresa Blakey x Hilary Owen
Height Small, under 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average
Available Extinct

Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France in 2006, Canna 'Hallow' is a small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are open, peach rayed with coral-pink, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, petals green, 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 white; tillering is average.

Canna 'Hallow' is available from specialist growers; breeding is Theresa Blakey x Hilary Owen.

The Crown Inn at Hallow, where I met my wife Margret

Hallow is a village beside the River Severn, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Worcester in the English county of Worcestershire. The earliest records of the village’s existence date to 816 A.D. during the reign of Coenwulf of Mercia when Hallow belonged to Worcester Cathedral. 

By the middle of the 11th century, the ownership had changed to Worcester Priory and it is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 that Hallow had two water mills. 

The village is the birthplace of Lord Nuffield (Founder of the Austin Morris car manufacturer) and the diplomat and historian Stewart Perowne. During the 1680s Hallow was the home of William Careless who helped King Charles II by hiding him in the oak tree.

There is evidence of human presence in Hallow from the Paleolithic period, roughly 700,000-500,000 years ago. Flint axe heads were found near Hallow in the 1970s. Contrary to my children's opinions, it was nothing to do with me, I was not born in the Paleolithic period, and I have never owned a flint axe!

References

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