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Apricot Glow
Canna ‘Apricot Glow’
Height Tall
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Multi-coloured
Tillering Average
Canna ‘Apricot Glow’ is a tall Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; flowers are yellow and apricot, edges regular, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
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Blanche Wintzer
Canna ‘Blanche Wintzer’
(Crozy Group)
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
Canna ‘Blanche Wintzer’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are self-coloured white, 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.
RHS Journal of 1907-8
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RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley.
Gladiolus flowered, white with green foliage.
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Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1915
3½ feet. One step nearer the perfect white Canna. Mr. Wintzer looks upon “Blanche Wintzer” as one of his greatest triumphs, so exquisitely white and pure are its glistening petals. A rather dwarf grower, with green foliage, fine for bordering beds, for individual specimens and for indoor bloom. The Florists’ Exchange, September 28, 1912, says: “This is the finest white Canna, undoubtedly, the world has ever seen.”
Breeder: Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA
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Standardized Plant Names, 1942
discolor var. rubripunctata
Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka
Wild Canna
ORIGIN , 2001
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Branching
FLOWER Multi-coloured
Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka is a tall species; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are erect, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are long and narrow, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 7 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
discolor var. viridifolia
Canna discolor var. viridifolia Nob.Tanaka
Wild Canna
ORIGIN , 2001
HEIGHT Tall, 2-3 metres
FOLIAGE Green
No description is available, but we know that viridifolia means ‘green leaves’, which we take to mean that this variety of the species shows no dark traits at all, unlike the basic species and other varieties.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is Kew Gardens Canna Checklist.
Eloïse
Canna ‘Eloïse’
ORIGIN ROGER Raphaël, 2006
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FOLIAGE Green
FORM Spreading
Canna ‘Eloïse’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, spreading habit; round stems, coloured green; flowers are open, lemon with red spots, staminodes are large, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not known if true to type, not self-pollinating; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter.
Epicure
Canna ‘Epicure’
ORIGIN Truffaut, France, 1949
HEIGHT Medium, 1-2 metres
FORM Branching
FLOWER Red
FLOWERING Average bloomer
Canna ‘Epicure’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; foliage dark; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured redcurrant, 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 purple; tillering is slow.
Our earliest reference to this specimen is KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004.
Félix Ragot
Canna ‘Félix Ragot’
syn Felix Ragout
(Italian Group)(Aquatic Group)
Height Small
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Yellow
Tillering Average
Canna ‘Félix Ragot’ is a small aquatic Italian Group cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, oval shaped, upright habit; round main stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals green, 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; tillering is average.
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Félix Roux
Canna ‘Félix Roux’
Height Small
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Late bloomer
Tillering Slow
Canna ‘Félix Roux’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, transparent margin, branching habit; flowers are self-coloured turkey red, fully self-cleaning, late 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 slow.
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