Canna ‘Tabitha Cole’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; foliage green; clusters of flowers are open, lemon with orange spots, staminodes are medium size, edges frilled, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in August until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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 ‘Tabitha Cole’ Image courtesy of Canpelkni Blooms
References
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(M) Another from the prodigious Australian breeder Cole. This has large, frilly, soft yellow flowers with soft red blotches. Leaves are green. Really only available from specialist nurseries.
Podgora Gardens, Sonja Mrsich, North Island, New Zealand. Catalogue
Canna ‘Tafraout’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; flowers are self-coloured cherry-red, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, flowers in August until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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; tillering is prolific.
Named for Tafraout in South Morocco.
Canna ‘Tafraout’ Image courtesy of Meilland Richardier
References
David Clulow
Tafraout, a district in Morocco
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(S) Cherry-red flowers are freely produced on a compact plant with green foliage. Available from Ernest Turc.
OriginSCHOFIELD Carl ParentageCannaglauca x C. indica HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormUpright FlowerMulti-coloured BloomingLow bloomer FloweringAugust/September/October/Until frosts TilleringSlow
Canna ‘Tama-Tulipa’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; flowers are erect, yellow rayed with cardinal-red, throat red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, flowers in August until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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.
Summary: A natural primary hybrid, a cross between Cannaindica and Cannaglauca. Growing to 6′ high, with tough green leaves, showing the glauca ancestry, and amazing yellow flowers with red shading and streaks.
Size: Tall, up to 2m (6’6″)
Flower: Red and Yellow orchid shaped blooms.
Foliage: Large green leaves.
Origin: Native to Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Carl Schoenfeld writes: “In 2001, we spotted this Canna growing along a small stream where the coastal plains meet the foothills to the high Sierras. We thought that we had found a new species. So, upon our return, we contacted Nobuyuki Tanaka of the Makino Botanical Garden Herbarium in Kochi, Japan. He is a canna expert and he reported that it was most likely a naturally occurring hybrid between Cannaglauca and Cannaindica. This made sense because we were geographically centred between the ranges of the two species.”
Rhizome: BPod: Y Pollen: Y
Category: x generalis
Karchesky and Harris 2006
Smaller-flowered, bicoloured blooms above broad green foliage. This canna is said to be a natural hybrid of two species-type cannas, c. Glauca and c. Indica. Taller medium height. Originally from Yucca-Do Nursery. Collected in Mexico.
OriginARMSTRONG Dr Robert J., at Longwood Gardens HeightTall FoliageGreen FormUpright FlowerOrange BloomingGood bloomer FloweringAugust/September/October/Until frosts TilleringSlow
Canna ‘Taney’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in August until frosts in northern temperate zone, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.
Supposedly named after a ship. In 1857, just two days after the inauguration of Pres. James Buchanan. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote – Negroes had “no rights which any white man was bound to respect.”
Plant Introductions, Robert J. Armstrong Geneticist Longwood Gardens 1967-1999
Medium-sized orange flowers; foliage lance-shaped, glaucous green. This was also the cross with an unnamed red-flowered terrestial canna, named for a ship. [Pollen was from C. glauca from Brazil]
(T) The fourth of the quartet of water Cannas. This one has clear apricot-orange, iris-like flowers. It is tall and lax with narrow, glaucous-green leaves. Like the others, it was raised by Longwood Gardens. It is reasonably easy to obtain but perhaps less widely distributed than the other three water Cannas.
Rivendell Botanic Garden, List January 2001
Orange flowers with yellow stripes, green leaves. Tall.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
Longwood Gardens; flowers burnt orange (RHS 33C-D), finely edged yellow, leaves green, height over 80 cm.
Summary: A water canna, which grows happiest with its roots totally immersed. Orange flowers over green leaves forming a medium sized clump.
Size: Tall
Flower: Orange flowers.
Foliage: Green with a pale fringe.
Origin: Hybridised at Longwood Gardens, USA.
Canna ‘Tangelo’ is a small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, spreading habit; flowers are open, self-coloured saffron-yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges lightly frilled, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in July until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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.
Summary: Rich saffron yellow flowers. They bloom early and keep going right through to the first frosts.
Size: Short / medium depending on growing conditions.
Flower: Rich saffron yellow flowers. They bloom early and keep going right through to the first frosts.
Foliage: Medium green foliage.
Origin: Hybridised by Kent Kelly, USA.
Karchesky and Harris 2006
Early and continuous blooming rich saffron yellow flowers. Green foliage. Shorter medium height. Origin: Kent Kelly.
Canna ‘Tangerine’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical shaped, branching habit; flowers are open, tangerine-orange with a wide yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in July until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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 ‘Tangerine’ Image courtesy of Marcelle Sheppard
Summary: Tangerine and yellow flowers above rich green leaves. Different and worth a look.
Size: 80-120cm tall, clump up to 40cm wide
Flower: Tangerine and yellow.
Foliage: Green leaves
Canna ‘Tango’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, elliptical-acuminate shaped, branching habit; flowers are red-orange with a narrow yellow margin, throat red-orange with yellow spots, edges frilled, petals red, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in August until frosts in northern temperate zone, 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; tillering is average.
References
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(T) Flowers are red-orange with a distinct yellow frill and a spotted throat. It has pointed green leaves and is reasonably vigorous. Although named by Ian K. Cooke, it was raised by Peter Edgar. Limited availability in Britain.
OriginUnknown HeightMedium FoliageVariegated FormSpreading FlowerRed BloomingLow bloomer FloweringJuly through until frosts TilleringSlow AvailableSpecialist growers only
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