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Canna ‘Alberich’
Synonym(s) : Albéric,Albèric,Alberick,Albricht
Group(s): Premier Group
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Branching
Tillering: Slow
Origin: PFITZER Wilhelm
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany in 1949, Canna (Balisier) ‘Alberich’ is a small Premier Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, mucronate shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; round main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, pink (RHS 38A) and salmon, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, labellum is streaked with pale yellow, stamen is markeded with pale yellow, petals purple with farina, 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 and purple; tillering is slow.
Canna ‘Alberich’ is available from specialist growers.
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