Canna 'Fairy Queen'

A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, red with a wide gold margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, 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 average.

Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA in 1899.

Revisiting Canna 'Lucifer'

A miniature Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; flowers are scarlet with a wide yellow margin, partial self-cleaning, low bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is slow.

At Claines Canna, every accession has been contaminated badly with virus. We have given up trying to obtain a virus-free example.

The history of this cultivar is also very suspect. I cannot trace the name appearing in any gardening catalogues until the 1980's. Is this just a synonym for another specimen. such as Canna 'Fairy Queen', which dates back to the 1890's?

Revisiting Canna 'Fairy Queen'

A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, red with a wide gold margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, 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 average.

Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA in 1899.