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Cultivar

Braunti

Canna ‘Braunti’
(Foliage Group)

ORIGIN LOMBARD F., 1880’s
FLOWERS Pink
HEIGHT Giant, over 3 metres
FOLIAGE Dark
FORM Spreading

Canna ‘Braunti’ is a giant Foliage Group cultivar; dark foliage, spreading habit; round stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, pink and carmine, staminodes are large, edges regular, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is fertile.

The breeder succeeded in using pollen from C. ‘Ehmanni’ on other existing hybrids, to obtain many different foliage plants with large flowers. The leaves are a magnificent Musa form, the flowers just as large as those of C. ‘Ehmanni’; but they do not produce as many flowers as the Crozy Group.

References
Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890
Tall. Leaves metallic purple-red. Flowers pink, shaded carmine. Breeder: Herrn. F. Lombard Note: The breeder succeeded, with the fertilisation between C. Ehmanni and other existing hybrids, to obtain many different foliage plants with large flowers. The leaves are a magnificent Musa form, the flowers just as large as those of C. ‘Ehmanni’; but they do not produce as many flowers as the Crozy Group.
Cultivar

Brilliant

Canna ‘Brilliant’

(Crozy Group)

Origin WINTZER Antoine
Height Small
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Yellow
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘Brilliant’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, gold rayed with maroon, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is gold speckled with vermilion, style is gold, 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.

The naming has become confused with the Crozy cultivar named ‘Brillant’.

References
Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1881
Brillant
No details, just the name and price.
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1898
Brilliant. Flowers of medium size, borne in solid regular trusses, pure golden yellow with a deep maroon stripe very striking and distinct. Different from all others. 2½ feet. Price, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz, by express.
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1899
BRILLIANT-Flowers of medium size, borne in solid regular trusses ; pure golden-yellow, with a deep maroon foliage ; very striking and distinct. Different from all others.
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1915
Brilliant 4 feet. Pure golden yellow with two fiery red tongues.
Standardized Plant Names, 1942
Confirmed that the plant name is currently in use.
Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000
Flowers blood red. Leaves green. Tall
Canna Handbook, Keith Hayward. Edition 1.06. © September 2000
A Crozy. Dark red flowers, which are smallish and rather spreading. Green foliage. Similar to ‘Strasbourg’ but taller.
Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas
(S) Small cherry-red open-petalled flowers are very similar to ‘Strasbourg’. It produces a compact plant with green leaves. Originally raised by A. Crozy although the date is not registered.
Hart Canna, 2001, Catalogue
Medium height, deep green foliage, bright red flowers. Similar to ‘Strasbourg’
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
A. Crozy; flowers blood-red (RHS 46C), leaves green, height over 80 cm. (2n=27)
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Cultivar

Champigny

Canna ‘Champigny’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN Turc, P.
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Bronze
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Low bloomer

Canna ‘Champigny’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured cerise, staminodes are medium size, 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 purple.

Our earliest reference to this specimen is Ian Cooke, The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas.

The only photographs that we have of this plant, from various sources,  show bad virus contamination. The absence of any on sale on the web raises the question  as to whether it is now available commercially.

Cultivar

Charles Henderson

Canna ‘Charles Henderson’
(Crozy Group)

ORIGIN CROZY Antoine, 1892
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FLOWER Red
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading

Canna ‘Charles Henderson’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; flowers are open, self-coloured crimson, throat gold pencilling, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, stamen is yellow with red spots, style is red and yellow, petals red, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating.

The earliest reference is from Garden and Forest Journal in 1983, L.H. Bailey. Still being sold by Inter-State Nurseries in 1950, so its probably still being grown in the USA.

Canna 'Charles Henderson'
Cultivar

Glevum

Canna ‘Glevum’

(Crozy Group)

Origin DAVIS Martin
Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Spreading
Flower Orange
Blooming Average bloomer
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘Glevum’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; triangular flower stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, average 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 pink; tillering is slow.

Canna ‘Glevum’
References
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: A medium sized cultivar with an outstanding orange bloom, carried above a variegated purple and green foliage.
Size: Medium, up to 110cm.
Flower: Brick orange.
Foliage: Barred purple and mid-green leaf.
Origin: Martin Davis Plants, Gloucester, England, EU.
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Cultivar

Pink Ehmanii

Canna ‘Pink Ehmanii’

(Crozy Group)

Origin WINTZER Antoine
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Pink Ehmanii’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured pink, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, labellum is pink, stamen is pink, style is pink, petals green, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.

Canna ‘Pink Ehmanii’
References
Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897
A pure rose-pink, fine habit. The only clear rose-pink yet introduced, very free-blooming; height 4 feet. The growth is very compact; the habit is excellent; it blooms early and all the time, and is in every way a decided acquisition aside from its grand color.
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1898
PINK EHMANII. A most grand and handsome plant, large banana-like foliage, with bright rose-pink flowers. A truly noble canna; originated here. Strong, pot plante, 25 cts. each, postpaid; $2.30 per dozen by express.