Aida

Canna 'Aida'

Canna 'Aida'

(Premier Group)(Heritage Group) 

[Grand Opera Series]

 
Origin Howard & Smith
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Available Specialist

Introduced by Howard & Smith Nursery, USA in 1930's, Canna 'Aida' is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, acute apex, white margin; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are old-rose tinged with salmon, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, stamen is marked with gold, 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 average.

A member of the Grand Opera Series series, Canna 'Aida' is available from specialist growers.

One of the Opera series of Canna bred by Howard and Smith Nursery of Los Angeles, USA in the 1930's. This series were added to by Wayside Gardens Nurseries in the USA by including C. 'Rosenkavalier', bred by Wilhelm Pfitzer. See illustration below from the Henry Fields catalogue of 1969.

References

Dr. Khoshoo & Dr. I. Guha: Evolution of Cultivated Canna 1966

x generalis, tall (80-160cm), foliage green, narrow staminodia (3-5 cm) self coloured. In the collection of the Royal Agri-Horticultural Society , Alipore, Calcutta, India.

Henry Field's Catalogue, 1969

AIDA. The basic color is old rose that is overlaid with delicate salmon. gladiolus flowered.

Kelly's Plant World, California, USA. 1989

Luscious orange-pink, blending into salmon tones. Foliage green. Height 3-5 ft.

Cannas for the Florida Landscape, by B. Tjia and R. J. Black, 1990

The Opera Series, Aida, salmon.

Aaron’s Bulb Farm Internet October, 2000

Pink and apricot flowers highlight this gem for your garden, lovely green foliage. Height 3 to 4 feet

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

Wayside Gardens. One of the ‘Grand Opera’ series of pastel shades. A very large flower (typically 140mm across) composed of broad petals, old rose overlaid with salmon

Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas

(T) This has large, gladiolus-type flowers in a warm salmon-rose fading to pale salmon. The petals are lightly frilled. Like is musical namesake, it can be quite spectacular when well staged.

Aloha Tropicals, Internet October, 2001

Pink and apricot flowers highlight this gem for your garden, lovely green foliage. Height 3 to 4 feet. $8.95

Rivendell Botanic Garden, List January 2001

Pink with darker streaks; green-blue; tall, thin rhizomes

Hart Canna, 2002, Internet January, 2002

Pink overlaid with salmon. Green foliage medium height

French Grown Stock

0.8m. Green foliage. Yellow-rose punctuated with rose.

Podgora Gardens Catalogue, 2004

Old rose, overlaid with delicate salmon. 90cm.

KAVB International Canna Checklist, , September 2004

Wayside Gardens; flowers old-rose overlaid with salmon, green leaves, height over 80 cm.

Claines Canna Collection 2006

Summary: Tall plant, sturdy stems with green leaves and large, gladiolus-type flowers in a warm salmon-rose fading to pale salmon. The petals are lightly frilled. One of the Opera series of Canna bred by Howard and Smith Nursery of Los Angeles, USA in the 1930's. Size: Medium Flower: Large, gladiolus-type flowers in a warm salmon-rose fading to pale salmon. The petals are lightly frilled. Foliage: Green leaves. Origin: One of the Opera series of Canna bred by Howard and Smith Nursery of Los Angeles, USA in the 1930's.

RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE, 2 April 2006

Aida' (Grand Opera Series) Listed in the RHS Plant Finder

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