Canna 'Whithelm Pride'
syn Whitham Pride(Premier Group)
Origin Agrexco
Parentage unknown
Height Small, under 3ft/90cm
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Slow
Awards RHS AGM, 2002 Canna Trials
Available Specialist
Introduced by The Israeli Research and Development Company, Canna 'Whithelm Pride' is a small Premier Group cultivar; dark foliage, ovoid shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, branching habit; flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good 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; tillering is slow.
Canna 'Whithelm Pride' was awarded RHS AGM after 2002 Canna Trials; is available from specialist growers.
References
Royal Horticultural Society, England – Canna Trial 2002
AGM after trial at Wisley 2002 from Agrexco.
Hart Canna, 2003, Internet January 2003
Dark green foliage flushed reddish at the edges and veins, and accentuated by red centre rib and red stem. Flowers which are an unusual shade of russet/pink. Exceptional for both foliage and flower and well deserves its RHS 2002 AGM Award. £8.00 for pack of 3 rhizomes.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: Salmon-pink flowers on purple stems, held above dark, bronzed leaves.
Size: 80-100cm (2'7"-3'3") A spreading clump with upright stems and leaves.
Flower: The broad staminodes and the labellum are pink (52D), with deeper pink (52C), flushing apricot(32C) as flower ages; stigma orange-peach; stamen peach with some yellow; petals copper. Start of flowering mid-June.
Foliage: Bronze leaves.
Origin: Hybridiser was Agrexco.
Awards: 2002, 'Award of Garden Merit' in the RHS trials held at Wisley.
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