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| Canna 'Germania' |
Origin PFITZER Wilhelm
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Good
Available Specialist
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany in 1894, Canna 'Germania' is a medium sized cultivar; mid green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, crimson with a yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good 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 purple; tillering is good.
Canna 'Germania' is available from specialist growers.
References
F.R. Pierson, Garden and Forest Journal, 1894
Germania is dwarfer than Madame Crozy, and much like it, although the flower is larger and the edging narrower.
Cassells Dictionary of Practical Gardening, Walter P. Wright, 1910
Gladiolus type large reddish crimson, edged yellow flowers, green foliage.
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