Canna 'R. Wallace'
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Canna 'R. Wallace' is a medium sized, Crozy Group canna cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, white margin, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, pale yellow with red spots, staminodes are large, edges regular, stamen is rose-red with small yellow flecks; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink.
Introduced by the venerable firm of Wilhelm Pfitzer, Stadt Felbach, Stuttgart, Germany, EU in 1907, and named for Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet. In the same year it was awarded the RHS Award of Merit (AM), entered as a Crozy Group cultivar and the RHS described it and classified it as such. There can be no doubt that this Pfitzer bred cultivar is a Crozy Group cultivar.
From the mid-1980's onwards, many nurserymen have confused this fine heritage cultivar with the Italian Group cultivar Canna 'Austria'. Prior to this the US nursery catalogues show that the correct plant was being sold under this name. The only similarity with C. 'Austria' is the basic colours of the foliage and flowers. The shapes and style are very different. Research indicates that Spring Hill Nurseries, USA. Catalogue 1972; the illustration shows a floppy Italian Group, not a Crozy Group type. From current evidence, it would appear that Spring Hill were responsible for the first confusion with C. 'Austria'.
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[edit] Synonyms
- Canna 'Canary Bird' - confined to the USA.
- Canna 'R. Wallis' - Tropical Planting and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 5th Edition, 1954
- Canna 'Richard Wallace'® - The earliest reference to this synonym was the Burgess Seed and Plant Co, USA, Catalogue of 1939.
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[edit] References
- RHS Award of Merit (Cannell, Pfitzer 1907)
- RHS Journal of 1907-8
- RHS Journal of 1908-9
- Burgess Seed and Plant Co, Catalogue 1939
- Burgess Seed and Plant Co, Catalogue 1941
- Allen's Nurseries, Ohio, USA. Catalog 1944
- Breck's Catalogue, 1945
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1949
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1953
- Tropical Planting and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 5th Edition, 1954
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1955
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1961
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1964
- Henry Field's Catalogue, 1969
- Spring Hill Nurseries, Tipp City, Ohio, USA. Catalogue 1971
- Spring Hill Nurseries, Tipp City, Ohio, USA. Catalogue 1972
