François Crozy

Canna ‘François Crozy’

Origin CROZY Antoine
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Multi-coloured
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘François Crozy’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, salmon with a gold margin, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules round; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is slow.

The earliest reference is from Prof. L.H. Bailey, Garden & Forest in 1893, when it participated in the Columbian Exposition of the same year.

References

Prof. L.H. Bailey, Garden & Forest 1893

Green foliage, salmon flowers, faintly bordered with gold. Participated in the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

RHS Journal of 1894

Garden & Forest, 1894

Garden and forest. / Volume 7, Issue 326. [May 23, 1894, miscellaneous front pages, i-ii] FRANCOIS CROZY.-This variety is identical with Md. Crozv in habit and general style of growth, but the flowers are bright orange bordered with a narrow edge of gold, one of the most desirable shades that could be secured. The plants are somewhat more dwarf than Md. Crozy, and are fairly covered with flowers. Bronze Medal awarded us for this at World’s Fair, Chicago, 1893.

Garden & Forest, 22 August 1894

A new green-leaved, salmon tinted variety, of which much was expected. It does seem to hold its color well.

RHS Journal of 1895

Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897

Apricot, bordered with yellow.

The English Flower Garden, W. Robinson. 8th Edition, 1900

No decription, just a list of recommended specimens.