Genus Canna Origin France, 1892 Rank Cultivar | Cultivar group 'Crozy Group' Scientific name Canna 'Florence Vaughan' | |
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Breeder A. Crozy, Lyon, France in 1889 Similar Canna 'Roma', Canna 'Yellow King Hum, Canna 'R Wallace', Canna flaccida, Canna glauca | ||
Canna 'Florence Vaughan' is a medium Crozy Group canna cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, branching habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average. Introduced by A. Crozy, Lyon, France in 1892.
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In the 1990s there was confusion over this heritage cultivar and an Italian Group cultivar with pale yellow background and orange blobs (correctly called C. 'Roma') was widely called by this name. Several other similar Italian Group cultivars wrere also given this name as a synonym, but examination of the evidence from early adverts and catalogues shows there is no grounds for confusing these cultivars with C. 'Florence Vaughan'.