Canna ‘P.J. Berkmans’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured medium shade of chrysanthemum crimson, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, 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.
Canna ‘Pale Beauty’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, pale pink with a narrow saffron-yellow margin, throat saffron-yellow with pale pink blotches, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, labellum is pale pink with saffron-yellow blotches, stamen is saffron-yellow with pale-rose spots, style is saffron-yellow, petals green, 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.
Canna ‘Pallag Szépe’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, upright habit; spikes of flowers are open, pink with a narrow light orange margin, throat light orange, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, 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 slow.
Raised in Hungary in 1966. Name translates to ‘Beauty of Pallag’
Raised in Hungary 1966. The name means “Beauty of Pallag”. Large creamy pink flowers which have some yellow towards the centre and also on the reverse. The petals are large and circular. Very stout plant with a thick central stem and fleshy green leaves which are rounded and cupped at the tips. Short, up to 1m. This is in many ways an ideal pot or patio Canna.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(S) The lovely frilly flowers are a sugary blancmange-pink edged with creamy-yellow. This is similar to ‘Journey’s End’ but more pink. It is very compact and stocky with green foliage. It was raised in Hungary in 1966 but is not readily available.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Raised in Hungary, 1966; flowers orange, passing into pink, leaves green, height up to 80 cm.
Hungarian National Institute for Agricultural Quality, Internet 25 November 2005
Summary: If there were Canna beauty trials then this could be the winner. Short, stout with incurved green leaves and well balanced large orange/pink flowers with yellow edges.
Size: Short and very stout.
Flower: Large wide-open orange/pink flowers with yellow edges.
Foliage: Incurved green leaves.
Origin: Raised in Hungary in 1966. Name translates to ‘Beauty of Pallag’
OriginKELLY Herb HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormUpright FlowerPink BloomingGood bloomer TilleringSlow
Canna ‘Panache’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, apricot and pink, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
Although a simple, aquatic cultivar, this is one of the best sellers when made available for sale. Aquatic cultivars have thin, long rhizomes which dry-out quickly over-winter and they are not easily handled, stored and packaged by the major canna growers.
(T) narrow green leaves, very delicate small flowers, soft apricot shading to pink. Quite stunning.
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc., 2000
This Herb Kelly introduction is one of the truly “hot” new Cannas. We received this Canna from our garden writer friend, Pamela Harper, who got it from famed designer Wayne Winterrowd, who extolled the virtues of ‘Panache’ in the September 1997 Horticulture Magazine. The narrow, pointed, gray green leaves adorn the upright stalk to 6 feet. Atop the clump through summer and into fall are charming, narrow, salmon pink flowers (darker in the center). This vigorous grower even spreads fast enough for you to share plenty. This is a C. glauca hybrid which can grow in standing water or in regular garden soil. ($18) ($15 in 2002)
Herb Kelly. Quite a novelty. Tall and slender growing, with bright green lance-shaped leaves. Smallish thin petalled pale cream wide-open flowers with a streaky maroon centre. Looks somewhat like a Water Canna, both in leaf and flower, and may be grown in water (as may many Cannas). Quite tall, over 2m.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(T) This lovely Canna is quite distinct from almost any other described in this list and proves that not all Cannas are brash. It has narrow, glaucous-green leaves and small, very delicate flowers in open trusses. The four petals are long and thin and their wide spacing creates a very open, spidery effect. The colour is a soft apricot, shading to deep pink in the throat. The overriding effect is light and open like a small cloud of delicate moths. It was introduced by Herb Kelly. In France, where panaché means variegated, the name is also confusingly used to refer to ‘Pretoria’ and other variegated Cannas.
Podgora Gardens, Sonja Mrsich, North Island, New Zealand. Catalogue
Creamy-pink petals and frangipane flowers. Green leaves. Found growing in a National Trust Garden in New Zealand under the name of ‘Highwie’. 100cm.
Rivendell Botanic Garden, List January 2001
Creamy pink flowers, blue leaves, tall.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Introduced by Herb Kelly, before 1997. Narrow pointed grey green leaves; narrow salmon pink flowers. A Cannaglauca hybrid. (Plant Delights Nursery, Raleigh, North Carolia, USA. 5 Feb 2002)
Summary: A medium sized clump of narrow green leaves crowned by gorgeous small flowers, soft apricot fading to pink.
Size: To 1.5m.
Flower: Small flowers, soft apricot fading to pink.
Foliage: Narrow green leaves, showing a relationship with C. glauca.
Origin: Introduced by Kent Kelly.
Canna ‘Panache Rouge’ is a tall Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are cupped, self-coloured orient-red, throat a few yellow markings, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.
Panache rouge. – Feuillage vert. Epis de grandes dimensions et e très bonne tenue, bien en dehors du feuillage. Fleur rouge andrinople. Haut. 1 m. 40.
Vilmorin Catalogue, 1941
(V. 1922).
Feuillage vert. Très grandes fleurs rouge andrinople brillant. Hauteur 1 mt. 40.
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Green foliage. Very big flowers of a bright turkey red. Height 1 mt. 40 (as in turkey red cloth – a watermelon red).
OriginSPRENGER Karl HeightMedium FoliageDark FormSpreading FlowerRed BloomingGood bloomer TilleringAverage
Canna ‘Pandora’ is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; clusters of flowers are open, orange-red with a narrow yellow margin, staminodes are large, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Padora’ Image courtesy of Wood-Eden Day Lilies and Cannas
Enormous flowers of a glowing fiery red, dark outside, the borders of the inside are gold flamed, metallic purple foliage; exceedingly beautiful. 1/6 each
RHS Journal of 1907-8
RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley. Orchid-flowered, dark foliage and flowers orange-red.
Cassells Dictionary of Practical Gardening, Walter P. Wright, 1910
Italian, or Orchid-like red and gold flower with purple and green foliage.
HEIGHT Giant, over 3 metres FOLIAGE Green FORM Drooping FLOWER Multi-coloured FLOWERING Good bloomer
Cannapaniculata Ruiz & Pav. is a giant species to 5m (16ft) tall; green foliage, sessile or shortly but distinctly petiolate, petiole with pulvinus, lower side of leaves mostly lanuginose; inflorescence often branched; spikes of flowers are erect, scarlet and yellow, staminodes are long and narrow, 6-10cm (2″-4″) long, composed of 6 coloured parts of about equal length; petals not reflexed; staminode one, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
Native of southern Mexico, Costa Rica, and tropical South America, except for the Amazon Basin, at 200-2,000m (650-6,500ft).
