Canna 'Madame Crozy'

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.

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

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. "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 1899–1900
  • Railton & Co., Australia, 1900–1903
  • 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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