Compte de Bouchaud

Canna ‘Compte de Bouchaud’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN CROZY Antoine, 1895
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Multi-coloured
AWARDS 1897, RHS Award of Merit.

Canna ‘Compte de Bouchaud’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules globose.

Earliest reference in the 1896 Veitch Catalogue. Awarded the RHS Award of Merit in 1897. Known as the “Leopard Spotted Canna”. Stiil available in the European Union.