Bethany

Canna 'Bethany'

Canna 'Bethany'

(Italian Group)(Variegated Group)(Sport Group)

Origin WEST Brian

Parentage Sport of C. 'Bengal Tiger'

Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm

Foliage Variegated

Form Upright

Flower Bi-coloured

Blooming Average bloomer

Flowering Summer to frosts

Tillering Prolific

Awards RHS - AGM 2002

Available Specialist

Introduced by Brian West, England in 2000, Canna 'Bethany' is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; variegated green and yellow foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, upright habit; round main stems, coloured green; oval flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, orange (RHS 28B) with yellow (RHS 14B) blotches, staminodes are large, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is prolific.

Canna 'Bethany'

Canna 'Bethany' was awarded RHS - AGM 2002; is available from specialist growers; breeding is a sport of C. 'Bengal Tiger'; it is registered with the KAVB.

This award-winning cultivar was discovered by Brian West, who lives on the outskirts of London, England, growing in his garden as a sport of C. ‘Bengal Tiger’. He named it after the name of his house. 

This mutation was described at the 2002 RHS Trials as C. 'Bengal Tiger' with a flower like C. 'Roma'.

References

Canna Group Messages, Internet (www.egroups.com/group/canna)

This was discovered by Brian West, who lives at Cheam on the outskirts of London, growing in his garden as a sport of ‘Pretoria’. He named it after the name of his house. He's had it for several years. It has a flower like ‘Florence Vaughan’, and foliage that is at least as good as ‘Pretoria’

Canna 'Bethany'

Royal Horticultural Society, England – Canna Trial 2002

AGM after trial at Wisley 2002 from Brian West

Royal Horticultural Society, England – Canna Trial 2002

Leaves like ‘Pretoria’ and ‘Striata’ but with a flower like ‘Florence Vaughn’

KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004

Flower orange (RHS 28B) with random yellow-orange spots (RHS 14B), registration number 70276, introduced and registered by Brian West, Surrey, England

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