Category Archives: Wild Species
bangii
Canna Species
coccinea
discolor var. discolor
discolor var. rubripunctata
Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka
Wild Canna
ORIGIN , 2001
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Multi-coloured
Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka is a tall species; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are erect, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are long and narrow, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
discolor var. viridifolia
Canna discolor var. viridifolia Nob.Tanaka
Wild Canna
ORIGIN , 2001
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green
No description is available, but we know that viridifolia means ‘green leaves’, which we take to mean that this variety of the species shows no dark traits at all, unlike the basic species and other varieties.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Kew Gardens Canna Checklist.
flaccida
Canna flaccida Salisb.
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HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Upright
FLOWER Yellow
Canna flaccida Salisb. is a medium sized aquatic species, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, large, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, staminodes are large, edges regular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the evening; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is average.
Flowers emerge at night, but fade in the heat of the day, all other Cannas flower at day-break. Indigenous to the wetlands of south-eastern USA. It was a parent to many of the early-hybridised cannas known as orchid flowered cannas. It grows well as a water canna. Originally described by the early American explorer, William Bartram, when he found these plants blooming near the rivers of coastal Georgia. The seed floats down the rivers and becomes easily established on shorelines. Introduced to England in 1788.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is RHS Journal of 1862.
