OriginHoward & Smith, USA HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormBranching FlowerPink BloomingOutstanding bloomer
Canna ‘La Traviata’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, transparent margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured old-rose, throat pale yellow, staminodes are large, edges frilled, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white.
LA TRAVIATA. One of the newest Cannas. Chosen from new “Opera Series.”Clear, sparkling old rose, Color is softer than cannas at right, flower heads are larger. Each floret is perfectly placed. Medium Height. Prepaid. Each $1.10. ..3 for $3.00
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1955
LA TRAVIATA.
One of the newest Cannas. Chosen from new “Opera Series.”Clear, sparkling old rose, Color is softer than cannas at right, flower heads are larger. Each floret is perfectly placed. Medium Height. Prepaid. Each $1.10. ..3 for $3.00
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1961
Chosen from new Opera Series Cannas. New giant size. Clear, sparkling old rose color. Medium height. Blooms all summer.
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1964
Opera series. New giant size. Clear, sparkling old rose color. Medium height. Blooms all summer.
Henry Field's Catalogue, 1969
LA TRAVIATA. A lively and delightful shade of old rose. Every petal is perfectly placed. The blooms are immense.
Kelly's Plant World, California, USA. 1989
Flowers rich deep rose to wine colored. Foliage green. Height 3-5 ft.
Cannas for the Florida Landscape, by B. Tjia and R. J. Black, 1990
Wayside Gardens. One of the “Grand Opera” series. Flowers old rose, slightly yellow a the throat. Leaves green. Tall.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) The darkest of this series, this has large flowers in a rich rose deepening to wine (the colour of Violetta’s boudoir?). It is slightly yellow in the throat. The edges of the petals are primly frilly.
