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Cultivar

Cipières

Canna ‘Cipières’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Vilmorin-Andrieux, 1948
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FLOWER Red

Canna ‘Cipières’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage; flowers are self-coloured scarlet, throat scarlet with cream spots, blooms open in the early morning; fertility unknown.

References
Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000
Flowers geranium red throat spotted creamy yellow Leaves green Tall
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Vilmorin-Andrieux 1948; flowers geranium-red, throat spotted creamy-yellow, leaves green, height over 80 cm.
Cultivar

City of Gloucester

Canna ‘City of Gloucester’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN DAVIES Martin
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green and purple variegated
FORM Branching
FLOWER Pink

Canna ‘City of Gloucester’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green + purple; flowers are self-coloured pale pink, edges irregular, labellum is pink with yellow markings, stamen is pink with yellow markings, style is yellow with touches of pink, petals light-red, fully self-cleaning, 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.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Royal Horticultural Society, England  – Canna Trial 2002.

Canna 'City of Gloucester'
Canna 'City of Gloucester'
Cultivar

City of Portland

Canna ‘City of Portland’
syn. Orchid
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN WINTZER Antoine
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
FLOWER Pink

Canna ‘City of Portland’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, jasper-red (a pink) (RHS 39A) with a narrow yellow (RHS 7A) margin, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, stamen is gold marked, petals red, 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 and pink; tillering is average.

Canna 'City of Portland'
Canna 'City of Portland'
References
Krider Nurseries, Indiana, USA, 1936
CITY OF PORTLAND. Grows 3 ft. Green leaves, pink flowers.
Dr. Khoshoo & Dr. I. Guha: Evolution of Cultivated Canna 1966
x generalis, tall (80-160cm), foliage green, narrow staminodia (3-5 cm) self coloured. In the collection of the Royal Agri-Horticultural Society , Alipore, Calcutta, India.
Kelly's Plant World, California, USA. 1989
Flowers medium size, orange-pink. Green foliage. Height 6-8 ft.
Podgora Gardens Catalogue, 2004
Blend of salmon and rose-pink with fine line gold edging. 90cm.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Flowers jasper-red (RHS 39A), narrow canary-yellow edge (RHS 7A), leaves green, height over 80 cm. Note: Jasper red is a form of pink. RHS colour chart confirms.