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.
Synonyms Canna 'Mrs Cozy' Canna 'Mrs Croky',
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