Thor Dalebö.
Canna ‘Chameleon’
syn. Chaméléon
(Crozy Group)
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Yellow
FLOWERING Good bloomer
Canna ‘Chameleon’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are large, edges regular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.
Still being grown in EU and Austral-Asia.
Gladioulus-flower, yellow and much marked with red, green foliage
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Gladioulus-flower, yellow and much marked with red, green foliage.
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Listed as currently available.
Canna ‘Champigny’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN Turc, P.
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Bronze
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Low bloomer
Canna ‘Champigny’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured cerise, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas.
The only photographs that we have of this plant, from various sources, show bad virus contamination. The absence of any on sale on the web raises the question as to whether it is now available commercially.
Canna ‘Champion’
(Italian Group)
ORIGIN WINTZER Antoine
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FLOWER Multi-colours
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
Canna ‘Champion’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are yellow with red blotches, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink. Still being grown in France, EU.
Not to confused with the more recent cultivar Champion (2).
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1899
CHAMPION. Enormous trusses of superb flowers of largest size and perfect finish, clear, bright crimson scarlet, exceedingly fine. Potted plants only, $1.00 each. Stock limited. Breeder:
Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA
RHS Journal of 1907-8
Featured in 1907 indoor trials at Wisley.
Orchid-flower. Yellow ground, heavily run and spotted with apricot; flowers large; foliage light green, broad; 4 feet.
RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley.
Orchid-flower, yellow and marked with red, green foliage.
Listed and still commercially available.
Thor Dalebö.
Canna ‘Champion (2)’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN TURC Ernest
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green and purple variegated
FORM Branching
FLOWER Pink
FLOWERING Average bloomer
Canna ‘Champion (2) is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval-acuminate shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, salmon and rose-red, throat gold markings, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, labellum is gold, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.
There is a previous cultivar with the name Champion.
KAVB International
Canna Checklist, September 2004
E. Turc; flowers salmon, leaves brown, height over 80 cm.
Claines
Canna Collection 2006
A plant with this name took part in the 1906 RHS canna trials at Wisley, Nr London. This is not the same cultivar, and while it is still one of our favourites, we do wish that hybridists would follow the naming rules. Nevertheless, this is a champion, with large soft-salmon-pink petals, overlaid with streaks of darker, almost red, colouring and flushes of gold in the throat. Light bronze foliage completes a superb picture.
Thor Dalebö.
Canna ‘Charles Henderson’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN CROZY Antoine, 1892
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FLOWER Red
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
Canna ‘Charles Henderson’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; flowers are open, self-coloured crimson, throat gold pencilling, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is yellow with red spots, style is red and yellow, petals red, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating.
The earliest reference is from Garden and Forest Journal in 1983, L.H. Bailey. Still being sold by Inter-State Nurseries in 1950, so its probably still being grown in the USA.
Canna 'Charles Henderson'
Thor Dalebö.
Canna ‘Charming’
(Crozy Group)
ORIGIN DALEBÖ Thor, 2008
PARENTAGE J.D. Cabos x open
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green and purple variegated
FORM Branching
FLOWER Yellow
FLOWERING Outstanding bloomer
Canna ‘Charming’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, large, oblong shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; flowers are open, gold with a deep-pink blush, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.
Thor Dalebö.
Canna ‘Chatéi discolor’
(Foliage Group)
ORIGIN CHATÉ Emile, 1862
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green and purple variegated
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Red
Canna ‘Chatéi discolor’ is a tall Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, large, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are erect, self-coloured crimson, staminodes are long and narrow, partial self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
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Canna, E. Chaté et fils, 1867
1862. Breeder: E. Chaté et fils, sentier Saint-Antoine, Saint-Mandé, Paris, France, EU.
Subtropical Gardening - Robinson 1868
Stems purple, very robust, 3¼ ft. to nearly 5 ft. high. Leaves thick and firm, of a deep green, finely rayed and margined with purple. Flowers blood-red, well-formed. Rootstocks conical, of medium size. A very shy bloomer.
Chatéi discolor No details, just the name and price.
Thompson's Gardener's Assistant, Edited by Thomas Moore, 1892
4 to 5 feet in height, with massive deep green purple-veined foliage, and bearing conspicuous masses of blood-red or crimson flowers. One of the best.
Thor Dalebö.
Canna ‘Chatéi Grandis’
(Foliage Group)
ORIGIN CHATÉ Emile, 1862
HEIGHT Giant, over 3 metres
FOLIAGE Purple
FORM Upright
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Low bloomer
Canna ‘Chatéi grandis’ is a giant Foliage Group cultivar; purple foliage, very large, broadly oblong shaped, upright habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are erect, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals purple with farina, low bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
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Canna, E. Chaté et fils, 1867
1862. Breeder: E. Chaté et fils, sentier Saint-Antoine, Saint-Mandé, Paris, France,
Subtropical Gardening - Robinson 1868
Stems brownish-purple, 6½ ft. high, when not divided year after year. Leaves at first erect, afterwards deflected throughout their entire length and spreading very much, 2 ft. 4 ins. long and 1 ft. wide. Flowers late, crimson, in a handsome panicle. Rootstocks brown, conical, very short. Ripens its seeds well.
Canna Chameleon'
