Uncle Sam

Canna 'Uncle Sam'
Canna 'Uncle Sam'

(Italian Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin WINTZER Antoine
Parentage unknown
Height Tall, over 6ft/185cm
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Orange
Blooming Low bloomer
Flowering Late summer to frosts
Tillering Prolific
Awards RHS Award of Merit in 1907
Available Specialist

Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, Canna 'Uncle Sam' is a tall Italian Group cultivar; mid green foliage, long oval shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, branching habit; triangular main stems, coloured green + purple; flowers are open, red-orange and burnt-red, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Canna 'Uncle Sam', faded.
Canna 'Uncle Sam'was awarded RHS Award of Merit in 1907; is available from specialist growers.

Awarded the RHS Award of Merit in 1907. Featured in 1908 RHS outdoor trials at Wisley.

References

RHS Award of Merit (Conrad 1907)

RHS Journal of 1907-8

RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley. Orchid-flowered, green foliage and flowers red-orange.

Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1915
Orchid-flowering. Uncle Sam. 7 feet. Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers.

John Telkamp, Holland, Catalogue 1935
Uncle Sam, large orange-red well shaped flowers.

Tropical Plants and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 1935
Deep crimson, broad segments, large heads, Gladiolus-flowered.

Naughton Farms, Waxahachie, Texas, USA. Catalogue 1945
Cherry red.

Tropical Planting and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 5th Edition, 1954
Green foliage. Gladiolus flowered deep crimson, broad segments, large heads.

Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000
Flowers indian-orange. Leaves green Tall.

KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Flowers indian-orange (RHS 32A), leaves green, height over 80 cm.

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