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Cultivar

Kansas City

Canna ‘Kansas City’

syns TyTy Golden Ribbon
(Variegated Group)(Crozy Group)

Origin WADDICK J., USA
Height Small
Foliage Variegated
Flower Yellow
Blooming Low bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Kansas City’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green and yellow variegated foliage; flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.

Canna 'Kansas City'
Canna 'Kansas City'
References
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc., 2000
This unusual Canna adds to the ever increasing line of variegated foliage Cannas. From our plant-nut friend, Jim Waddick, comes this sport discovered in Kansas City, MO. The foliage has irregular 1 inch wide sectoral patterns, alternating green and chartreuse. In late summer, the clumps are topped with large bright butter yellow flowers. Visitors have been after these for years….a true collector’s item ($18)
Canna Handbook, Keith Hayward. Edition 1.06. © September 2000
Waddick. A new American variegated-leaf Canna, green with streaks of creamy-green. Butter yellow flowers. Short.15
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) The green leaves of this cultivar are irregularly variegated with lemon-yellow and lime. It is a variable grower, which can look spectacular but because of its mutant nature often produces poorly variegated shoots that are very disappointing and may even look diseased. It has yellow flowers and was raised by J. Waddick. There is some debate as to whether ‘Munchkin’ is distinct as it is reputed to come from a different source. It also looks very similar to ‘TyTy Golden Ribbon’.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: A small variegated plant with broad green foliage with irregular streaks of lemon-yellow and lime.
Size: Height 80 cm.
Flower: Large fawn spotted yellow flowers Aug-Oct.
Foliage: Broad green foliage with variegated streaks of lemon-yellow and lime.
Origin: Discovered in Kansas City, MO, USA by James Waddick.
Cultivar

Karla Dalebö

Canna ‘Karla Dalebö’

(Premier Group)

Origin DALEBÖ Thor
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Karla Dalebö’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, transparent margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, scarlet with a gold margin, throat scarlet rayed with gold, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, stamen is gold with a scarlet margin, style is gold, petals yellow, 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.

Canna 'Karla Dalebö'
Canna 'Karla Dalebö'
Canna 'Karla Dalebö'
Canna 'Karla Dalebö'
Cultivar

Kentucky Copperhead

Canna ‘Kentucky Copperhead’

(Foliage Group)

Origin WILLIAMS Brian, USA
Height Tall
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Orange
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Kentucky Copperhead’ is a tall Foliage Group cultivar; dark foliage, very large, broadly oblong shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured light orange turning to pink with ageing, staminodes are small, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules subglobose; rhizomes are tuber-like groups, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.

Canna 'Kentucky Copperhead'
Canna 'Kentucky Copperhead'
Canna 'Kentucky Copperhead'
Photographs courtesy of Brian Williams
References
Canna News, 2005
A tall grower to about 8 ft with very large dark maroon leaves. The flowers are small but flowers in clusters. The flowers range from pink to peach and orange.
Cultivar

Kevin’s Glow

Canna ‘Kevin’s Glow’

(Crozy Group)


Origin SEAMONE Joe {Boca Joe}
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Spreading
Flower Orange
Blooming Outstanding bloomer

Canna ‘Kevin’s Glow’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, large, broadly ovoid shaped, maroon margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, deep tangerine with a tangerine-orange margin, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, 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 pink and purple.

Canna ‘Kevin’s Glow’ J. Seamone
References
Karchesky and Harris 2006
Large rich orange flowers edged in lighter tangerine held above wide green leaves overlaid in blue purple. Deep burgundy stems, budstems, mid ribs and leaf edges. Full season bloomer. Good stature. Tall height. To us from friend, Boca Joe™ [Joe Seamone]. Photos, Joe Seamone. Released January 2004 in celebration of the life of son, Kevin Seamone, who died tragically at age 20, January 2001.
Cultivar

King Midas

Canna ‘King Midas’

syns King City Gold, King’s Gold
(Italian Group)

Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Yellow
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘King Midas’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, transparent margin, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured saffron-yellow, throat some faint red spots, staminodes are large, edges irregular, stamen is yellow, style is yellow, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.

Canna 'King Midas'
Canna 'King Midas'
References
Krider Nurseries, Indiana, USA, 1936
KING MIDAS. Grows 3 ft. Green leaves, yellow flowers.
Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1939
KING MIDAS. Best yellow, green foliage. 5 feet.
Westover Nursery, Clayton, USA. Catalog 1939
King Midas. Very large golden yellow.
Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1950
King Midas-We think this the finest clear bright yellow. Large flowers right up to frost. Green foliage, grows 4 feet tall.
The Popular Encyclopaedia of Gardening, H.H. Thomas and Gordon Forsyth, 1955
Golden, green foliage
Cannas for the Florida Landscape, by B. Tjia and R. J. Black, 1990
King Midas, flowers golden yellow, foliage green, height 3.0′ (90 cm)
RHS New Dictionary of Gardening, 1992
To 120cm; fls gold.
Brockings Exotics Catalogue, 1997
(M) yellow flowers, very reliable and free flowering.
Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000
Shiny green foliage, bushy growth. Fairly large rich yellow flowers, with feathery edge and slightly speckled throat (i.e. stamen and labellum). The flowers point upwards, and are compact in the sense that they hold their shape well. Medium height. Very vigorous. One of the first to start into life in the spring, and usually produces more canes from a single rhizome than my other cultivars. The commonest yellow, and one of the best. Possible synonym is ‘Canary Bird’.
Canna Handbook, Keith Hayward. Edition 1.06. © September 2000
See ‘Richard Wallace’.
Podgora Gardens, Sonja Mrsich, North Island, New Zealand. Catalogue
Golden-yellow, overlaid bronzy-red spots. 90cm.
French Grown Stock
Height 1.6m. Green foliage. Flowers covered with orange stripes.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Flowers blotched and spotted spanish-orange (RHS 26A) on aureolin (RHS 12A), leaves green, height to 80 cm.
Cultivar

Königen Charlotte

Canna ‘Königen Charlotte’

syns J.S. Lochner, Königin Charlotte, Queen Charlotte, Reine Charlotte, S. Lochner, Johnny Lochner
(Crozy Group)

Origin PFITZER Wilhelm, Germany
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Average
Awards RHS Award of Merit in 1893

Canna ‘Königen Charlotte’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, orient-red with a wide canary-yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals purple, 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.

This old favourite has been delighting garden lovers for over 100 years, and it’s continual vigour and energy means that it looks like it will be popular for the next 100 years as well. This is a good choice for those wanting just a few specimens to liven up a dull border.

Canna 'Königen Charlotte'
Canna 'Königen Charlotte'
Canna 'Königen Charlotte'
References
RHS 1893
RHS Award of Merit (Pfitzer 1893)
su_spoiler title=”F.R. Pierson, Garden and Forest Journal, 1894″] Among the new introductions which are held at high prices this year, Konigen Charlotte, which belongs to the Crozy type, is perhaps the most distinct. It is a compact grower, and the scarlet petals have a broad yellow margin, which differs essentially from the narrow edging of Madame Crozy. These colors do not blend together, but the line between them is sharply marked, the yellow of the margin being intense and the scarlet unusually brilliant. One-hardly knows whether to say that the petals are scarlet with a yellow margin, or yellow with a scarlet centre.[/su_spoiler]
RHS Journal of 1907-8
103. Konigin Charlotte (Veitch), A.M. August 8, 1893.— G.
Bright red, edged with yellow ; flowers small ; truss stiff, neat, oblong ; foliage light green, very glaucous ; 2½ feet.
RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley.
Gladiolus-flowered, classified under green foliage and flowers scarlet, edged with yellow.
Cassells Dictionary of Practical Gardening, Walter P. Wright, 1910
Gladiolus type bright red flowers edged with gold.
The I.W. Scott Co., Pittsburgh. PA, USA, Catalogue 1939
Rich pomegranate-red flowers bordered with golden yellow. Height 3½ feet.
Vilmorin Catalogue, 1941
Reine Charlotte. Feuillage vert. Rouge vermillion largement bordé jaune citron. Hauteur 0 mt. 70
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Green foliage. Vermillion red widely yellow bordered lemon yellow. Height 0 mt. 70
Canna Handbook, Keith Hayward. Edition 1.06. © September 2000
(‘Queen Charlotte’, ‘Reine Charlotte’) G Ernst, 1892. Small loose flowers which are a brilliant combination of deep red centre and bright yellow margin. May be confused with ‘Lucifer’ but has a broader yellow margin. Very eye-catching. Bushy, with ribbed small green leaves. Medium height, up to 1·2m.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) this lovely old Canna was described in a 1902 catalogue as having ‘enormous flower spikes, towering grandly above the foliage, bearing a beautiful bouquet of large flowers of perfect form, with petals of velvety blood red, banded with a border of canary yellow’. This is basically accurate but the flowers are medium-sized and iris-like. The plant is quite compact with apple-green leaves. It is very similar to ‘Lucifer’ but has more yellow with a red cross in the centre. Raised in 1892 by G. Ernst.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Reine Charlotte’ is a synonym
G. Ernst, 1892; flowers orient-red (RHS 42A), edged canary-yellow (RHS 9B), leaves green, height over 80 cm. A.H.-R.H.S. 1893