It had been asserted that this was just a synonym of C. ‘Wyoming’, but Malcolm McFarland has researched this and provided photographic evidence of the differences between the two, clearly showing this to be a distinct and separate variety, although very similar to the Burbank introduced C. ‘Wyoming’.
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Canna ‘Soudan’
It had been asserted that this was just a synonym of C. ‘Wyoming’, but Malcolm McFarland has researched this and provided photographic evidence of the differences between the two, clearly showing this to be a distinct and separate variety, although very similar to the Burbank introduced C. ‘Wyoming’.
Revisiting Canna ‘Wyoming’
Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA. The registration of this cultivar was confirmed in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society publication, called Horticulture, 1915. Vol.22. p.851. Dec.25 and shows that the introducer was Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA, USA.
There has been confusion for many years, with many insisting that Luther Burbank introduced the cultivar, but there is no evidence to show his interest in cannas went beyond his documented introductions of C. ‘Burbank’, and C. ‘Tarrytown’.
Awards: 2002 Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in the RHS outdoor trials at Wisley, England. Synonyms: C. ‘Biarritz’, C. ‘G.V. King’, C. ‘Glow of Love’, C. ‘Liberté’, C. ‘Professor Lorentz’, C. ‘Professor Lorenz’, C. ‘Stellar Blut’
Posted in Antoine Wintzer, Luther Burbank, Wyoming
Hide that junk.
Canna ‘Wyoming’, one of the Italian-type cannas raised in the USA by Luther Burbank, and released in Australia in 1911, is truly magnificent when well grown. Pictured here, it provides an effective screen for an old car awaiting restoration for the past five years. Who knows, it could even save a marriage! The rest of the yard was immaculate and groomed to within an inch of its life.
These flowers gave me a crick in my neck trying to photograph them up close. They were at least 3 metres (
10 feet) tall and we are only in the early part of our Canna season.This stand receives no manuring and only occasional watering in our long hot summers. The rhizomes have never been lifted or divided but remain in situ year in, year out, as is the custom in our equable climate.
Posted in Wyoming
Brian Williams excellent year
Brian also attempted some far fetched hybrid crosses and was fortunate enough to get a small number of seeds from some unlikely, but very interesting parents.
The four seeds were despatched to a friend who is germinating them in a TC laboratory, but, as yet, there is no word on how they are progressing.
Canna ‘Bengal Tiger’ is another Italian Group cultivar that is considered to be seed sterile, yet Brian was also able to produce 4 seeds. One seed did not fully mature due to the cold snap at the end of the season. The other 3 seeds looked very healthy and last week Brian scarified the surface of the seeds and planted them in trays. One has already germinated, but has not yet produced a full leaf. It will be interesting to see how that progresses, and the first question is whether the seedlings will inherit the variegated foliage of the seed parent.
Posted in Bengal Tiger, Brian Williams, Pink Suburst, Pringle Bay, Wyoming
Visit Canna ‘Orange Julius’
At times, looks like a smaller version of C. ‘Wyoming’, however that one is orange with red markings and variations, whereas this one is orange with golden-yellow tendencies.
Nothing seems to be known about this cultivar, it has not appeared in any research information I have seen, and never featured in any of the garden catalogues from the early 1900’s. My guess is that the name has been given to an unnamed specimen in more recent times. Maybe the Mühle book will throw up some clues when we get that translated from early German to English.
Posted in Árpád Mühle, Orange Julius, Wyoming
Revisiting Canna ‘Soudan’
It had been asserted that this was just a synonym of C. ‘Wyoming’, but Malcolm McFarland has researched this and provided photographic evidence of the differences between the two, clearly showing this to be a distinct and separate variety, although very similar to the Burbank introduced C. ‘Wyoming’.
Posted in Burbank, Malcolm McFarland, Soudan, Wyoming
New Italian Group cultivar
Posted in Italian Group, Pretoria, Wyoming, Yorke