Friday 15 August 2008

Revisiting Canna 'Mrs Kate Gray'


A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, large, ovoid shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; triangular stems, coloured green + purple; panicles of flowers are open, red-orange and burnt-red, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by W.H. Morse in 1898. Winner of the Award of Merit from the R.H.S., 1901.

Synonyms: C. 'Kate Gray', C. 'Miss Kate Gray', C. 'Queen Anne'

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