Revisiting Canna 'Wyoming'

A tall Italian Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are large; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA. The registration of this cultivar was confirmed in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society publication, called Horticulture, 1915. Vol.22. p.851. Dec.25 and shows that the introducer was Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA.

There has been confusion for many years, with many insisting that Luther Burbank introduced the cultivar, but there is no evidence to show his interest in cannas went beyond his documented introductions of C. 'Burbank', and C. 'Tarrytown'.

Awards: 2002 Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in the RHS outdoor trials at Wisley, England. Synonyms: C. 'Biarritz', C. 'G.V. King', C. 'Glow of Love', C. 'Liberté', C. 'Professor Lorentz', C. 'Professor Lorenz', C. 'Stellar Blut'