Canna 'Trumeric Yellow'

A recent introduction to the Claines Canna Collection.

A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, branching habit; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured saffron-yellow, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, labellum is saffron-yellow with orange-red spots, stamen is saffron-yellow with orange-red spots, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.

Canna 'True Heart'

A medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; oval stems, coloured green + purple; flowers are open, rainbow-shaded rose-red, staminodes are long and narrow, edges regular, style is red, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is slow.

Introduced by Malcolm Dalebö, Claines Canna Collection, Worcester, England, EU.

Canna 'Tropical Yellow'

A small Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are yellow with rose-red spots, edges irregular, stamen is yellow, style is yellow, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning; 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 prolific.

Introduced by Takii & Co., Japan. Synonym: C. 'Tinkerbell'.

Canna 'Tropical White'

A small Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, cream speckled with rose, staminodes are medium size, edges serrated, stamen is lemon, style is primrose-yellow, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; 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.

Introduced by Takii & Co., Japan.

Canna 'Tropical Sunrise'

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, orange and pink-peach , staminodes are medium size, edges ruffled, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; 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 prolific.

Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA. This is one one the latter day Canna stars, and is a definite choice for my top 10 list of Cannas.

Canna 'Tropical Salmon'

A small Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning; 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.

Introduced by Takii & Co., Japan.

Canna 'Tropical Rose'

A small Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured rose, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals green, fully self-cleaning; 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.

Introduced by Takii & Co., Japan. Synonym: C. 'Japanese Rose'

Canna 'Tropical Red'

A small Miniature Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured red, throat pale yellow, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, style is yellow, petals red, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.

Introduced by Takii & Co., Japan. Synonym: C. 'Tropic Red'

Canna 'Tropical Fantasy'

A medium Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage; flowers are open, red, self-cleaning, good bloomer. Introduced by Brian Williams of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

The craze of 1889

Garden and forest. / Volume 2, Issue 93. [December 4, 1889, 577-588]

Notes
One of the most interesting and valuable results of recent French horticultural effort is found in the new race of dwarf Cannas, with large and brilliantly colored flowers, produced by M. Crozy, of Lyons. A large bed of these plants in the the Trocadero, in Paris, was surrounded all summer by crowds of people. Too much has not been said of the beauty of these plants and of their value for decorative purposes, whether planted in the open ground or grown in pots or tubs. The colors of the flowers of some of the varieties are surprisingly brilliant.


There seems no good reason, however, calling the plants "dwarf," except that they begin to flower when they are not more than twenty inches high, for they grow, especially in this country, when generously treated, to a height of six or eight feet. Seventeen of the new varieties exhibited at Paris for the first time, which, on the whole, are no better than those sent out by M. Crozy during the past two years, are described in a recent issue of the Revue Horticole. No one who has not seen a collection of M. Crozy's Cannas in good condition, can form the faintest idea even of the beauty and the brilliancy of the flowers of the plants.