OriginHoward & Smith HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormBranching FlowerPink BloomingGood bloomer TilleringSlow
Canna ‘La Bohème’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, peach tinged with pearl, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, 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 slow.
(M) The large flowers are very frilly and ruffled. Soft peach tints are overlaid with pearl and subtle hints of yellow in the throat. This is really the Prima Donna of this theatrical series!
Summary: Flowers soft peach overlaid with pearl. The large flowers are very frilly and ruffled. Green, large leaves complete the repertoire.
One of the Opera series of Canna bred by Howard and Smith Nursery of Los Angeles, USA in the 1930’s.
Size: Medium
Flower: Flowers soft peach overlaid with pearl. The large flowers are very frilly and ruffled.
Foliage: Green leaves.
Origin: One of the Opera series of Canna bred by Howard and Smith Nursery of Los Angeles, USA in the 1930’s.
Canna ‘La Californie’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured pink, staminodes are medium size, 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 slow.
Summary: A distinctive larger than life plant with pink flowers and large, green foliage.
Size: 140-160cm (4’6″-5’3″)
Flower: Pink with gold markings.
Foliage: Green
Canna ‘La Gloire’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured apricot, staminodes are large, edges irregular, labellum is apricot, petals purple, 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 purple; tillering is average.
Pure salmon flowers which are large while remaining tidy, and are very attractive. Largish labellum which is the same colour as the petals. Light bronze foliage. Tallish.
Vilmorin-Andrieux 1948. Pure apricot flowers which are large while remaining tidy, and are very attractive. Bronze foliage. Tallish, typically 1·5m.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) This lovely old cultivar has large, pale apricot-salmon flowers with ‘toothy’ petals. The foliage is bronze. It was raised by Vilmorin-Andrieux in 1920 and is available from a few specialist nurseries.
French Grown Stock
1.4m. Dark foliage. Rose coloured flowers.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Vilmorin-Andrieux, 1920; flowers orange, leaves brown, height over 80 cm.
OriginVilmorin-Andrieux, France HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormBranching FlowerRed BloomingOutstanding bloomer TilleringAverage
Canna ‘La Londe’ is a medium sized Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, scarlet speckled with deep tangerine, staminodes are medium size, stamen is scarlet with gold stripes, style is gold, petals purple, 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 thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
OriginTURC Ernest, France HeightSmall FoliageDark FormBranching FlowerPink BloomingGood bloomer TilleringAverage
Canna ‘La Quintinie’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, apricot and deep-pink, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, 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 average.
(S) This is another new introduction from Ernest Turc. The flowers are large and gently ruffled giving an opulent effect. The overall colour is a deep apricot that is overlaid with brushstrokes of light red, creating a dazzling light orange effect. The foliage is green but with a bronze sheen and purple veins.
Ernest Turc, Angers, France (Translated from the French)
Orange-carmine flowers with a lighter edge. Leaves a unique golden greeny-bronze. Semi dwarf to 1·0m. New for 2000
OriginTURC E., France HeightSmall FoliageGreen FormBranching FlowerYellow BloomingLow bloomer TilleringSlow
Canna ‘La Source’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals yellow, 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 white; tillering is slow.
Summary: Small green leaved plant with astonishing pure yellow blooms.
Size: 80-100cm (2’8″-3’3″)
Flower: Pure yellow blooms.
Foliage: Green
Origin: Introduced by Turcieflor, France in 2001.
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.
