ORIGIN Takii Seed HEIGHT Miniature, up to 0.5 metre FOLIAGE Bronze FORM Branching FLOWER Orange FLOWERING Good bloomer
Canna ‘Cannova® Bronze Orange’ is a Miniature Group cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; round stems, coloured green + purple; flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, style is orange, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink; tillering is average.
ORIGIN Takii Seed HEIGHT Miniature, up to 0.5 metre FOLIAGE Green FORM Branching FLOWER Pink FLOWERING Good bloomer
Canna ‘Cannova® Mango’ is a Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; round flower stems, coloured green; flowers are self-coloured mango, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
ORIGIN Takii Seed HEIGHT Miniature, up to 0.5 metre FOLIAGE Green FORM Branching FLOWER Red FLOWERING Good bloomer
Canna ‘Cannova® Red’ is a Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; round flower stems, coloured green; flowers are self-coloured red, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
ORIGIN Takii Seed HEIGHT Miniature, up to 0.5 metre FOLIAGE Green FORM Branching FLOWER Pink FLOWERING Good bloomer
Canna ‘Cannova® Rose’ is a Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; round flower stems, coloured green; flowers are self-coloured pink, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.
As miniature cannas the plants in this series are able to start flowering early, once they have reached their low height. From the time that CANNOVA starts to bloom (April), it continues to flower until the first frost.
ORIGIN TAKKII SEED, late 1990’s HEIGHT Small, under 1 metre FOLIAGE Green FORM Spreading FLOWER Multi-coloured
Canna ‘Corsica’ is a small Premier Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are reflexed, apricot having a pink blush and with a saffron-yellow margin, throat gold, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, labellum is marked with gold, stamen is gold with apricot markings, petals red, 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 prolific.
One of the Island Series, in total there are: C. ‘Corsica’, C. ‘Gran Canaria’, C. ‘Kreta’, and C. ‘Madeira’. They were originally propagated as meristem cultures and distributed as small plugs, but apparently Canna does not lend itself easily to that form of culture and they have been removed from widespread commercial production.
OriginTakii & Co., Japan HeightMedium FoliageGreen FormBranching FlowerWhite TilleringSlow
Canna ‘Gran Canaria’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; triangular main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured pale yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, 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.
One of the Island Series, in total there are: C. ‘Corsica’, C. ‘Gran Canaria’, C. ‘Kreta’, and C. ‘Madeira’. They were originally propagated as meristem cultures and distributed as small plugs, but as Canna does not lend itself easily to that form of culture they have been removed from widespread commercial production.
Summary: One of the Island Series of Canna, ‘Gran Canaria’ is considered to be one of the ‘nearly-whites’ and because of its rarity is considered to be quite a find. Forms small compact clumps of bright green foliage crowned with its iris-like delicate blooms.
Size: Small and compact clumps.
Flower: Medium-sized, iris-like, freely produced delicate pale yellow blooms, fading to near white. Just qualifies as a Canna ‘White’.
Foliage: Green
Origin: Raised by Takii and Co. Japan, one of the Island Series which also includes ‘Corsica’, ‘Kreta’, Madeira’.
The Island Series was originally propagated by meristem culture and distributed each spring as young plugs for onward growing by nurserymen; because of this they were very healthy and free from virus. The series are early flowering and flowered about 10 weeks after potting.
The Takii corporation have removed the series from widespread commercial production because of problems with tissue culture.
Karchesky and Harris 2006
Pale yellow buds open white. Medium green foliage. Compact habit. Short height. One of the Island Series cannas from Takii of Japan, late 1990s.
