AGM cultivars 2002
22 Canna were selected for the Award of Garden Merit [AGM]
- C. ‘Alaska’
- C. ‘Amundsen’
- C. ‘Annei’
- C. ‘Aphrodite (2)’
- C. ‘Bengal Tiger’ syn. C. ‘Striata’
- C. ‘Ehemanii’
- C. ‘Erebus’
- C. indica ‘Russian Red’
- C. ‘Ingeborg’
- C. ‘La France’ syn. C. ‘General Eisenhower’
- C. ‘Louis Cayeux’
- C. ‘Musafolia’
- C. ‘Mystique’
- C. ‘Phasion’
- C. ‘Picasso’
- C. ‘Ra’
- C. ‘Roi Soleil’
- C. ‘Schwäbische Heimat’
- C. ‘Shenandoah’
- C. ‘Verdi’
- C. ‘Whithelm Pride’
- C. ‘Wyoming’
A further 6 cultivars were recommended for the AGM, subject to their being made available to the UK public:
- C. ‘Delaware’
- C. ‘Independence’
- C. ‘Lenape’
- C. ‘Penn’
- C. ‘Bethany’
- C. ‘Society Belle’
The first four are cultivars raised by Longwood Gardens. USA, and are on general sale in the USA and some have even found their way into Europe.
Canna ‘Bethany’ was raised by Brian West and is now on sale to the public. The last, Canna ‘Society Belle’, is an indica-type cultivar, discovered and entered by RHS Garden Wisley, and only later given its’ name.
The full description and list of all the participants can be read here: 2002 RHS Canna Trials