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, 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, coloured purple; tillering is prolific. It was introduced by A. Crozy, Lyon, France in 1890 and was named in honour of his wife. It was awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM), in 1890.

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

Canna 'Madame Crozy'

Synonyms

Canna 'Mrs Cozy'

Canna 'Mrs Croky',

Canna 'Madame Crozy'

See also

Canna

List of Canna species

List of Canna cultivars

List of Canna hybridists

References

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

External links

Botanical Gardens, Lyon, France, EU

Cannaceae

Ornamental plant cultivars

Canna 'Madame Crozy'