Canna 'Florence Vaughan'

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, 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 average.

Introduced by A. Crozy, Lyon, France in 1891. Distributed in the USA by the Vaughan Seed Company.

In the 1990's there was confusion over this heritage cultivar and an Italian Group cultivar with pale yellow background and orange blobs was given this name by over-enthusiastic horticulturalists. The correct name for that particular cultivar was C. 'Roma', see below.

Canna 'Roma'

Synonyms: C. 'Antoine Barton', C. 'Zebra Cole'

New introduction for 2010?

At Claines Canna we reduced the number of new seedlings we grew out this year, but we have still been pleased with the quality of what we have grown.

One that has really caught the eye is one with the elusive leopard spot markings, similar to one introduced by Raphaël Roger from Belgium last year. I must confess that immediately I saw a picture of that one I started making likely crosses to try and emulate that one. Amazingly we saw this youngster appear this year, it has a golden yellow base and strong red markings. Its parentage is Canna 'Florence Vaughan' (the real Crozy one) as the seed parent crossed with C. 'Souvenir de Madame Nardy' as the pollen parent. Altogether we made twelve different crosses and this year grew out 40 new seedlings, but only one has given us what we were looking for.

The seedling has strong green foliage and has grown about 60 cm (2ft) tall this first year, confined to a pot. The seedling has been numbered and if it performs well next year, in the soil as well as in a pot, then we will name it and register it with the KAVB, but it is important to trial any potential new introduction before registering and releasing it.

Canna 'Florence Vaughan'

A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, 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 average.

Introduced by A. Crozy, Lyon, France in 1891. Distributed in the USA by the Vaughan Seed Company.

In the 1990's there was confusion over this heritage cultivar and an Italian Group cultivar with pale yellow background and orange blobs was given this name by over-enthusiastic horticulturalists. The correct name for that particular cultivar was C. 'Roma', see below.

Canna 'Roma'

Synonyms: C. 'Antoine Barton', C. 'Zebra Cole'