Canna ‘Stadtrath Heidenreicht’
Synonym(s) : Stadtrat Heidenreich
Group(s): Crozy Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Dark
Form: Branching
Tillering: Average
Origin: PFITZER Wilhelm
Awards: Award of Merit-RHS. 1897
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Wilhelm Pfitzer Nursery, Germany in 1897, Canna (Balisier) ‘Stadtrath Heidenreicht’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; dark foliage, elliptical shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured orient-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, 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 average.
Canna ‘Stadtrath Heidenreicht’was awarded Award of Merit-RHS. 1897; is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø