Allemania

Canna 'Allemania'

Canna 'Allemania'

syns Alemannia, Cattleya

(Italian Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin SPRENGER Karl

Parentage unknown

Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm

Foliage Green

Form Branching

Flower Multi-coloured

Blooming Good bloomer

Flowering Early summer to frosts

Tillering Prolific

Awards 1897 RHS Award of Merit

Available Specialist

Introduced by Karl Sprenger of Messrs Dammann et Cie, Italy in 1897, Canna 'Allemania' is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; dark green foliage, musa (banana) shaped, acute apex, green margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green + purple; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are open, salmon-red with a gold margin, throat gold, staminodes are large, edges irregular, labellum is salmon-red, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Canna 'Allemania'was awarded 1897 RHS Award of Merit; is available from specialist growers.

Introduced by Karl Sprenger in 1897, and earning an immediate Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. The cultivar also also featured in the 1908 RHS outdoor trials at Wisley, England, EU. It was still being sold in the USA in 1950, the Inter-State Nurseries Catalogue of that year offers it for sale, and is still available in the EU.

References

Damman & Cie, 1899

Alemannia - 1896 This kind produces the largest flowers which have been obtained as yet in the way of Cannas. The plant grows about 4 1/2 to 6 feet high. Numerous Musa -like glaucous leaves and wonderful spikes of flowers. The latter are enormous and surpass in size even those of the Canna ,,Italia". The outer petals are scarlet with a very broad gold-yellow border. The inside of the blooms is scarlet and dark red. Exceedingly beautiful.

Railton & Co., Australia, 1900-1903

ALLEMANIA. Exceptionally large flowers, frequently measuring 6.5 inches across, the upper petals salmon with broad shoulder and markings of golden-yellow, while the lower petal is dark salmon marked with yellow in the centre; foliage dark green. 1/6 each.

L. Clause Catalogue, Spring 1929

Allemania. – Feuillage vert. Fleur rouge écarlate à large bord jaune d'or. Haut. 1 m. 30.

Westover Nursery, Clayton, USA. Catalog 1939

Alemania. Orange and yellow.

Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1950

Allemania-Large flowers of sparkling salmon-red with yellow border. Green foliage, grows 5 feet tall.

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