Oiseau de Feu

Canna 'Oiseau de Feu'

Canna 'Oiseau de Feu'

syns Firebird, Fournaise, The Gem

(French Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin Vilmorin-Andrieux

Parentage unknown

Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm

Foliage Green

Form Branching

Flower Red

Blooming Outstanding bloomer

Flowering Early summer to frosts

Tillering Prolific

Available Specialist

Introduced by Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Nurserymen, France in 1911, Canna 'Oiseau de Feu' is a medium sized cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured blood-red (RHS 45B, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in early 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 purple; tillering is prolific.

Canna 'Oiseau de Feu' is available from specialist growers.

References

RHS Journal of 1912

RHS Journal of 1921

L. Clause Catalogue, Spring 1929

Oiseau de feu. – Feuillage vert. Fleur rouge cardinal. Variété de très bonne tenue, étoffé et florifère, incomparable pour massifs et groupes. Haut 1 m. 10.

Vilmorin Catalogue, 1941

(V. 1911). Feuillage vert. Grandes fleurs rouge cardinal unicolore. Hauteur 1 mt. 10 --- Green foliage. Big uniformly coloured cardinal red flowers. Height 1 mt. 10.

Brockings Exotics Catalogue, 1997

(M) Scarlet flowers, like ‘Fireside’.

Old House Garden, Ann Arbor, Michigan Internet, November, 2000

See ‘Firebird’

Canna Handbook, Keith Hayward. Edition 1.06. © September 2000

Vilmorin-Andrieux 1911. Large red flower. Green foliage. Very tall (over150 cm).

Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas

(M) Scarlet flowers are produced over strong green foliage. It is very like ‘Fireside’, which quite possibly originated from it. It dates from 1911 and was raised by Vilmorin-Andrieux.

Ernest Turc, Angers, France (Translated from the French)

Very beautiful brilliant red flowers, to 1·1m.

French Grown Stock

0.8m. Green foliage. Shining red flowers.

KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004

‘Firebird’ is a synonym. Vilmorin-Andrieux, 1911; flowers blood-red (RHS 45B, leaves green, height over 80 cm. F.C.C.-B.C. 1913

Claines Canna Collection 2006

Summary: A tidy, small plant with greenish blue foliage and small red flowers. Size: Small, 0.6-1m ( 2'-3') Flower: Small red flowers Foliage: Greenish blue. Origin: Introduced by the venerable French firm of Vilmorin-Andrieux in 1911. 

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