Canna 'Madame Crozy'
Canna 'Madame Crozy'
GenusCanna
Cultivar group'Crozy Group'
Cultivar'Madame Crozy'
BreederA. Crozy, Lyon, France in 1889

Canna 'Madame Crozy' is a medium-sized 'Crozy Group' canna cultivar; green foliage, large, ovoid shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured red; spikes of flowers are open, scarlet with a narrow gold margin,[1] throat gold with vermilion spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals red, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter,[1] coloured purple; tillering is prolific. It was introduced by A. Crozy,[2] Lyon, France in 1890 and was named in honour of his wife.[1] It was awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM),[3] in 1890.

It is hardy to USDA Zone 7 ( -15 °C) and can be grown in fertile and moist soils which are well drained.[1]

Synonyms

  • Canna 'Mrs Cozy'
  • Canna 'Mrs Croky',[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Canna 'Madame Crozy'". myjunglegarden.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. "Canna". pacificbulbsociety.org. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. "Canna 'Madame Crozy'". rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  • RHS Journal of 1890
  • RHS Journal of 1891
  • RHS Journal of 1894
  • Garden & Forest, 1894
  • L'Illustration Horticole, 15 March 1895
  • RHS Journal of 1895
  • RHS Journal of 1898-9
  • RHS Journal of 18991900
  • Railton & Co., Australia, 19001903
  • RHS Journal of 1908-9
  • Cassells Dictionary of Practical Gardening, Walter P. Wright, 1910
  • Tropical Plants & Gardening, 1935
  • Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1939
  • Westover Nursery, Clayton, USA. Catalog 1939
  • Burgess Seed and Plant Co, Catalogue 1939
  • Burgess Seed and Plant Co, Catalogue 1941
  • Tropical Planting and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 5th Edition, 1954
  • The Popular Encyclopaedia of Gardening, H.H. Thomas and Gordon Forsyth, 1955
  • KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004


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