Canna ‘Trinacria’

A very tall Italian Group cultivar; light green foliage, large, oval shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured sulphur-yellow, throat pearl, staminodes are large, labellum is sulphur-yellow, stamen is sulphur-yellow, style is sulphur-yellow, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU. Flowers show their C. flaccida heritage, they are very thin and fade very quickly, but while they are young they are an absolute delight. There is a faint lighter marking running from the throat up to the middle of some petals.

Canna ‘Roma’

A tall aquatic Italian Group cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured green & purple; panicles of flowers are open, yellow with orange blotches, throat red-orange, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, stamen is orange-red, petals red, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific.

Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1898. Synonyms: C. ‘Florence Vaughn’, C. ‘Golden Eagle’, C. ‘Heinrich Seidel_’, C. ‘Jennifer’, C. ‘Orange King Humbert’, C. ‘Papillon’, C. ‘Tropicluster’

Canna ‘Roi Humbert 1st’

A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; panicles of flowers are cupped, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.
Introduced by C. Sprenger, Damman & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1901. Sprenger stated “King Humbert will surprise the horticultural world”.
The cultivar is the result of an F2 crossing involving C. ‘Madame Crozy’, C. flaccida and C. ‘Italia’. Its rhizomes are heavily marked with maroon and have the shape of the indica side of the family, as do the leaves. The colour of the flower comes from the Crozy side, but the petal form is heavily influenced by the thinner and larger flaccida blooms.  The cultivar is a triploid, as verified by Dr Khoshoo. It was awarded the RHS Award of Merit in 1909
Synonyms: C. ‘King Humbert’, C. ‘King of Prussia’, C. ‘Le Roi’, C. ‘New Red’, C. ‘Red King’, C. ‘Roi Humbert’

Canna ‘La France’

A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped; round stems, coloured purple; flowers are open, self-coloured orange-red, throat yellow, staminodes are large, edges frilled, 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 purple; tillering is average.

Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1898. Under the synonym of Canna ‘General Eisenhower’, won the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) at the 2002 RHS outdoor Canna Trials. Synonyms are C. ‘Black Tropicanna’, C. ‘General Eisenhower’, C. ‘President Roosevelt’

Canna ‘Kronos’

A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, yellow with orange spots, staminodes are large, edges irregular, 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.

Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann and Co., Naples, Italy, EU. Featured in the 1908 RHS outdoor trials at Wisley, without award.

Canna ‘Italia’

A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, upright habit; triangular stems, coloured green; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, throat cardinal-red, staminodes are large, edges frilled, labellum is red, stamen is yellow with a wide red margin, style is red, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.
Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1894. Announced along with C. ‘Austria’ in 1894, these two new cultivars caused a sensation at that time, producing much larger flowers than the Crozy Group had been capable of producing. It is a seedling of Canna ‘Madame Crozy’ x C. flaccida.

Canna ‘Deutscher Kronprinz’

A medium sized Italian Group cultivar; dark foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.

Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1907. Featured in the 1908 outdoor RHS trials at Wisley, without success. The only known synonym is C. ‘ Deutscher’.